LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Semi-hard

cheese 5 Windows

navigation aids 9 Come together 14 Block party

item?

15 Memo abbr. 16 Atlanta campus 17 Heaps

18 Baby Moses’

river

19 “Check it out!” 20 *Monday NFL

contests, e.g. 23 Boo 24 Seemingly

forever 25 Architect’s work 27 “12 Days” septet 30 Drink with

formaggio

31 Spa sound 33 Garden pest 34 Keto and South

Beach

35 Tech sch. near

Albany, N.Y. 36 Transvaal settler 37 Newspaper VIPs 38 Econ.

barometers 39 Front-end car

cover

40 First stage 42 Skins

43 ABA member 44 Quarterbackturned-analyst Tony

45 “A Gallery of

Children” author 46 Food court pizza

seller

48 Grafton who wrote 25 “Alphabet Mystery” books 49 WWI German

vice admiral 50 What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m . ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are 56 Analyze in a

grammar lesson 58 Perth put-offs 59 Joint malady 60 Symbol for

turning traffic 61 Snake River

jumper Knievel 62 Stare in wonder 63 Video call option 64 “Hey” assistant 65 53-Down’s

firstborn

DOWN

1 Verve

2 Sub contractor? 3 Visibly awed 4 Light-loving flier 5 Dances like the one seen in “Evita”

6 Thai or Laotian 7 Pain soother 8 Like a sprint

winner

9 Bit of RAM 10 Face with tears

of joy, for one 11 *View from the

Oval Office 12 *Granny Smith,

e.g.

13 Observer

21 Mind

22 Email tab 26 Palindromic 33Down hit 27 *Multi-field

athletic venue 28 *Crunchy salad

add-in

29 __ guitar 30 Vintage MTV

staple

32 Villain’s welcome 33 26-Down group 34 State capital on

its own river 38 Toothpaste

choice

40 The Boston Bruins retired his #4 in 1979 41 Swed. neighbor 42 Berth place 45 Granola relative 47 “Zeus and the Tortoise” storyteller 48 Texas ranger? 49 Massage spots 51 “Avatar” race 52 Breakfast items 53 Biblical builder 54 Hornswoggle 55 Originate (from) 57 Lea grazer