L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS 1

Start of communications with NATO

5 Building blocks

9 Seacrest vehicle,

familiarly

13 Baby hippo

14 Studio Ghibli’s

animated fuzz ball

17 Rhyming song that’s

acted out

19 Fanning of

“Coraline”

20 Uber CEO

Khosrowshahi

21 Article in a French

periodical

22 In

24 Some shortcuts

26 “I’m late!”

30 Overflow (with)

31 “Ew, no”

32 Doner __: Turkish

dish

34 Gems formed by

silica deposits

37 Get up

39 Valuable diamond,

say

40 “Ask anyone else”

41 Change

42 Fuming

44 Shiba _ _

45 Meet face-to-face?

47 Magnified 49 Pro who worked

with Magic

51 “Memories of the Future” author Hustvedt

52 Cribbage piece

53 Just so

55 Figure in a Clement

Clarke Moore poem

59 First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway

62 Many a Gillian Flynn

work

63 Gladys Knight, for

one

64 Sardine cans

65 Used cars?

66 With 57-Down,

rom-com trope

DOWN

1 Rock type

2 Dharma teacher

3 Barrage of criticism

4 Solvent

5 “Easter Parade” star

6 Spam maker

7 Dispassionate

8 Video game distribution platform

9 A Gershwin

10 Strategically polite

11 Chiwere speakers

12 “I’m down” 15 Classic Fender, for

short

16 Message on some

holiday cards

18 “That tracks”

23 Home of the Museum of the Future

25 Default action,

informally

26 Quick dip?

27 Princess Fiona, after

sunset

28 “Nope”

29 Mother-of-pearl

33 Part of a full English

breakfast

35 Stick figure’s torso

36 First earring, maybe

38 Mix

43 Symbol of Scotland

46 Receive

48 Starting hr. for

some

49 Gymnast Strug

50 Estate

52 Accord

54 Late show

broadcaster?

56 “_ _ of Dogs”: Wes

Anderson film

57 See 66-Across

58 Bedhead problem

60 Cyberchats

61 Composer Rorem