L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Statistical concerns

7Daddy

11 Texting initials

14 “Won’t be long now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick

17 *Pilot’s reputation

among airport agents?

19 Food Network host

Garten

20 Long-billed bird

21 Hijab, for one

22 Sharp set

23 Longtime Farr co-star

25Abate

27 Some K9 canines

30 *Triage site’s gooey

alternative to sutures?

34 Q.E.D. part

35 Mauna _ _

36 Some rugged sandals

37 HS equivalency test

38 Freebies at some

crossword tournaments

41 _ _ text: accessibility

feature

42 “Just Mercy” actor _ _

Jackson Jr.

44 Doc’s org.

45 Bali’s continent

46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower?

49

Shepherds’ docs? 50 Cooler brand

51 Italian bubbly

53 Perseverance’s home

55Itinerary

57 Flags down

61 Having celebrated many

birthdays

62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue?

64 _ _-1099: govt.-issued

tax form

65 Cause an emotional

reaction

66 Good scents

67 First car, for many?

68 Mountain goat

69 Heavenly figure

DOWN

1 Majors, in baseball slang 2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir”

3 _ _-lock brakes

4Overlook 5

Perform beyond

expectations

6 Philharmonic sect.

7 Put forward

8 For some time

9 Kitchen gadget

10Plus

11 Asked nicely

12 Julep herb 13 Croat or Pole

18 Island where Excalibur

was forged

22Enormous

24 Proofer’s mark

26Tuts

27 Bricks that are painful to

step on

28 Childish retort

29 Trouble with locks?

31 Colorful parrot

32 Like new matches

33 “ÀC—mo _ _?”

38Bucket

39 Clarifying phrase

40 Cable row targets, for

short

43 Med. readouts

45 Earhart, for one

47“S’okay”

48 Start streaming

52“Voilˆ!”

53 More than half

54 In addition

56 MC alternative

58 “_ _ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires”

59Vault

60 Meeting, informally

62 “Oof, didn’t need to

know that”

63Possesses