L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Otherwise occupied

5“Checkmate!” 9 Concert gear

13 “_ _ upon a midnight

dreary ... “

14 Origami bird

15Henhouse

16 “Á__ m’o!”

17 Rabbit kin

18 Color of unbleached

linen

19 Dinner and drinks with

a preacher?

22 Actor Jeong

23 “Quite so”

24 Move, roots and all

26 Thousands of years,

for a megalith?

31 _ _ Diego

34 CNN anchor Burnett

35 Brain teaser aid

36 Bouillon cube maker

38 “Queen _ _”: pop

music nickname

40 Big fetes

41 Quechua speaker

42 Nonpayment risk, for

short

44 Squalid digs

45 Exam for a certificate

in mediation?

50“Same!” 51Titter

55 Golf ball position 57 Brief moment, or what three long answers in this puzzle have?

60 Gumbo pod

62 Miso soup base

63Possess 64Ray

65 Like some rural roads

at night

66 Rid of wrinkles

67 “_ _ there, tiger”

68 Poems of praise

69 Ice cream brand with

a birthday cake flavor

DOWN 1

_ _ Tree: place of enlightenment in Buddhist tradition

2 Collective bargaining

group

3 Give a good talking-to

4 “Okay, I get it”

5 Country where Farsi is

spoken

6 New Orleans voting

district

7 Like challenging

pushups

8 Lipton rival

9 Royal flush card

10 Nojito and nada

colada, for two

11 Sweat outlet

12 Like some silk or sugar

14 Garment similar to

a hijab 20 Parking post

21 Short music releases

25 Job safety org.

27 Bit of cacao

28 Month before febrero

29 Little pest

30 Site with handmade

crafts

31Omit

32 Actress Hathaway

33 Sign at some

museums

37 Sack _ _

39 Thus far

40 “Check it out”

43 Watch the birdie?

46 UFO beings

47 Tegan and Sara,

for one

48 “Independence Day”

director Emmerich

49 Computer pro

52Stockpile 53Diplomat

54 Perfect places

55 Ear part

56 Store whose packages typically contain Allen keys

58 Archipelago part

59_ _ end up

61 Sedaris of “The

Mandalorian”