L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Chicago MLBer 4 9000 and 9-5

automaker

8 Flourish

13 Singer DiFranco

14 Spanish “she”

15 Like Ralph Lauren

clothing

16 Apple co-founder,

casually

17 Garb Maria creates from curtains in “The Sound of Music”

19 Hold a cattle call

21 Cattle calls

22 Email status

23 Administer in small

portions

25 Oklahoma city

26 Printing goofs

27 More like a cord

28 Megastar

29 Fragments

33 Need for some noisy

toys

34 Practical advice for

an overnight stay

37 “Poldark” airer

40 Salad option

41 Minnesota

representative Ilhan

45 Surgical knife

47 Jalisco, por ejemplo

49 Zones

50 The NCAA’s “Conference of Champions” 53 Multifunction

printer function

54 Get along nicely

55 See 62-Across

56 Formally agreeing to terms, and what this puzzle’s sets of circled letters are gradually doing

59 X-ray kin

61 Large concert

venues

62 With 55-Across, “Spamalot” co-creator

63 Start of a

kindergarten tune

64 Sprinkle about

65 Snack (on)

66 Therapist’s maj.

DOWN

1 Crow’s cry

2 Draw Two or Skip

3 Stranger than strange

4 Deadly sins, e.g.

5 The “A” of GOAT

6 Avis rival

7 “The _ _ City”:

Houston nickname

8 “My guy!”

9 Eases off

10 Daughter of Polonius

11 Briny deep

12 “Zounds!”

15 “If you don’t mind,”

in a text

18 Air mattress

alternative 20 Head massage

target

23 Rock & Roll Hall of

Fame architect

24 Purrr-manent

fixture when sitting

25 Reggae singer Peter

27 Rue

30 1950s prez

31 Couple of fellows?

32 Jack Ryan’s org.

35 Las Vegas WNBA

team

36 Hauled

37 Once-common flatscreens

38 Spot for drinks in a

small apartment, say

39 Athletic shoe

42 Aid in finding the

food court, perhaps

43 Sometimes and

often

44 Sushi topper

46 Incisor neighbor

48 Animal Crossing

console

50 Gravel size

51 Colorado ski

destination

52 One-named actress/flamenco guitarist

54 Booker T.’s band

57 Casual denial

58 Opposite of trans

60 Like unsalted winter

roads