LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 South African

language

5 “Uh ... feels

wrong”

9 Inky smudges

14 Iowa State’s

town

15 Folk artist Joan

16 Gracefully

limber

17 Garment made

from goat’s wool

20 Roebuck

partner

21 __ borealis: colorful sky display

22 Put back in the

pan

24 Big name in

SUVs

26 GPS display

27 Picture that may feature students in height order

32 Astern

33 “Klutzy me”

34 Some Blu-ray

players

35 Urgent request

37 Point value of “eight” in Scrabble

39 Be in harmony

42 Kia hatchbacks

44 Destiny’s Child’s

“__ My Name”

47 Completely

spotless

51 Apple CEO Cook

52 Point value of “five” or “six” in Scrabble

53 Arranges

logically

54 End of an era?

57 Large member of

the violin family

59 Be generous with one’s good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle’s circled letters 64 Lopsided

65 Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera 66 Raptor’s weapon

67 Workspaces

68 “Dark Phoenix”

mutants

69 Catch sight of

DOWN

1 Actor Efron

2 Thurman of “Red, White & Royal Blue”

3 Heart-healthy

phrase

4 Helpful theater

employees

5 Car service app

6 “24K Magic”

singer Bruno

7 Previously

named

8 Fluid meas. units

9 Couleur of the

sky 10 Pants-on-fire

person

11 Padded footstool

12 Curative

treatment

13 High-ranking

angels

18 Baseball Hall of

Famer Willie

19 City halfway between Dallas and Austin

22 Early TV brand

23 Tiny toymaker

24 RNC group

25 VT ski resort

with an apt name

28 Poet Edgar Allan

__

29 All shouted out,

maybe

30 “Tug of Words”

channel

31 Caviar

35 Podded plant 36 Former “Inside the NFL” host Dawson

38 “Or so”

39 Puts on a frown

40 Quick look

41 Casual

observations

43 Actor McKellen

44 Ambles

45 Key sometimes

used with Ctrl

46 “You rang?”

48 Slightly

49 Hebrides

landmass

50 Comfort during

trying times

55 Long onion kin

56 Rules for society

57 Relinquish

58 Obi-Wan player

60 Line on a receipt

61 “That’s the guy!”

62 Noisy dance style

63 Major rd.