L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS 1

Hissed “Hey! Over

here!”

5 Island nation near Fiji

10 Milky birthstone

14 Teensy bit

15Smells

16 Payroll tax that funds

Soc. Sec.

17 Shiver during a horror

film, perhaps

20 Whenever one wants

21 Historic German state

22 Hay storage areas

25 Curved piece

26 “Slumdog Millionaire”

actor Patel

29 Thick fast-food

beverage

34 Colorful eye part

36 Jazz great Fitzgerald

37 Iced tea garnish

38 Reef explorer’s tube

40 Church spire

42 Tiny hairs

43 Odd sock’s lack

45 “American Gods”

novelist Gaiman

46 Finalize an

agreement, say

49 Tennis do-over

50 Cry of insight

51 Killer whales

53 Starting to spoil

57 Vacuum brand 61 Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across

64 Big mountain cat

65 Suez Canal tanker

66 Small bills

67 Lower leg area

68 Shopping centers

69Exam DOWN

1 Bread with a pocket

2 Put laundry into piles,

say

3Meat-and-potatoes

bowlful

4 Language spoken by

many a 35-Down

5 Like many infomercial

phone numbers

6 Poem written “on” or

“to” something

7 Right this minute

8 Hold tight

9 Off course

10 Like a movie star’s

personal life

11 Diner desserts

12Antioxidant-rich

purple berry

13 “_ _ Croft: Tomb

Raider”

18 Group of allied

countries

19Steeplechase

obstacle

23 “Out with it!” 24 Paolantonio of ESPN

26 Vertebrae separators

27 123 Sesame Street

resident

28 String quartet

instrument

30 The “M” of MBA

31 Urge forward

32“Honest!” 33 Prepared to pray

35 Colombo resident

39TV host _ _ Lee

Gifford

41 Classroom figures

44Brouhaha

47 _ _ cab: two-wheeled

carriage

48 Landlocked Asian

country

52 Not __: far from

optimal

53 Recipe amts.

54“Nah”

55 Actor Malek

56 Karmann _ _: classic

Volkswagen

58 Barn topper that indicates wind direction

59 Makes do, with “out”

60 Lie down for a while

62Completely 63 Kenan’s former

Nickelodeon partner