LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Peppermint __

4 Float (in)

8 Dangerous nestful

13 Circle section

14 Uttar Pradesh city

15 Bakery-cafe chain

16 “Not in public, you two!”

18 Longtime bud

19 Loops in, in a way

20 Nina Simone’s “I Put a __ on You”

22 Bygone airline

23 Romanov dynast

25 Spot to catch a ride

27 Clothes line

30 Regarding

31 Lucy of “Elementary”

32 Schlocky stuff

35 “Curses!”

38 Skydiving event

41 “Mr. Blue Sky” gp.

42 Ride-hitching fish

43 Card worth four points in bridge

45 Cambodia neighbor

47 Peace in the Middle East

49 Safety device in some kitchens

54 Part in four-part harmony

55 Flying Solo?

56 “Glass Onion” star Janelle

57 Bauxite or hematite

58 23-Across’s realm

60 Travel the world with one bag, and what can be found in this puzzle’s circled letters?

64 Entry-level position

65 Part of A.D.

66 Sushi spheres

67 Clinton’s former department

68 Blockhead

69 Hog heaven

DOWN

1 Playground game that is now a professional sport

2 Afore

3 “Just pretend we belong here”

4 Conflicts in history class

5 “Four score and seven years __ ... ”

6 “After ApplePicking” poet

7 Florida’s thirdlargest city

8 NYC stretch originally called “Het Cingel” by the Dutch

9 Furthermore

10 Heart dividers

11 Langoustine

12 Caesar __

15 Buffers

17 43,560 square feet

21 Precise, in Peru

23 “Voices Carry” pop group __ Tuesday

24 Toss insults (at)

26 Vegetarian staple

28 Letters between names

29 Small amount of seed money

33 Holy Trinity member

34 Bottom line amount

36 “Tell me!”

37 Spaceship Earth theme park

39 $10 worth of quarters, e.g.

40 God, in Rastafarianism

44 Fall Out Boy genre

46 Esteem

48 Org. founded by Ethel Percy Andrus

49 “Wicked Game” singer Isaak

50 Weigh on

51 The ’gram

52 Scheming group

53 Reeves of “Always Be My Maybe”

57 “Fine! Yes!”

59 Prepared

61 Fareed Zakaria’s channel

62 Camp sight

63 Delete, e.g.