LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Swedish pop group with the 2021 album “Voyage”

5 Gels

9 Manhattan Project project, briefly

14 Moved smoothly 15 Country that outlawed alcohol in 1979 16 Home of the world’s tallest

building 17 Throw hard 18 Disney title character from Hawaii

19 Like cellared

wine

20 Group of apartments made of gingerbread? 23 Fall for 24 Convention

giveaway

25 Card game with

a Pixar version 28 Worship leader 31 Trio for Bergman

and Streep 35 Gang made up of

very light eaters? 38 Keep hidden,

perhaps

39 Skirt

40 Letter from

ancient Troy 41 “Three Tall Women” playwright

42 __ chic

43 Logo designer’s day-to-day existence? 45 Like some jokes 47 “__ it obvious?” 48 Hard-to-prove

skill

49 Soft ball

51 Toon spinner 53 Cute, furry problem for Captain Kirk? 59 Roadster since

1989

60 Part of a plot 61 Tarot’s swords,

e.g.

63 Heavy metal bar 64 Crypto.com Arena statue honoree, familiarly 65 Corner 66 Brownish gray 67 Folk singer

Axton

68 Simple cat toy

DOWN

1 2022 Australian Open winner Barty, familiarly 2 Bummed out 3 Jay or oriole 4 Surprise the

director, maybe 5 “Wow, I am

dumb!” 6 Empire State

county

7 Puff stuff

8 Elitist

9 Rolls with the

punches

10 Taps, say

11 Tony’s cousin 12 Tailless pet

13 Not insignificant 21 Complete a

LEGO set 22 Synthesizer

pioneer 25 Kabayaki fish 26 Bond player

in the original “Casino Royale” 27 Yamaha products 29 Pretentious 30 Heat setting? 32 “Three

Billboards ... ” actress Cornish 33 Sailing hazards 34 Quite expensive 36 Two-piece piece 37 Remnants in a

crayon box 41 Sacred stand 43 Tesla, e.g. 44 Hush-hush 46 Pre-election

event 50 Superhero who taps into the Speed Force 52 Hot

53 Mother of

Beyoncé and Solange Knowles 54 Trattoria sauce 55 Unoriginal reply 56 DVD holder 57 Special glow 58 Management

level

59 I.M. Pei’s alma

mater

62 Score half