LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Danish shoe

brand

5 __ Sketch 10 Study

desperately 14 Contented sighs 15 Croc kin 16 Subway fare? 17 *Posh quintet? 19 Grub

20 Wriggle out of 21 Paper handout 23 Eliminates

25 “Our treat!” 26 Cutting tool 29 *“Robbers & Cowards” indie rock band 34 Other, in

Spanish

36 “Stat!”

37 On bed rest, say 38 “__ Break”: Kathryn Bigelow surfing film 40 Verve

42 Lauder of

cosmetics 43 Remove from

office

45 Before, in poetry 47 Fill up

48 *Musical duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe

51 Ra or Odin 52 Business casual

top

53 Moist 55 Consonant sound common in Spanish

58 Spa rooms with

heated stones 62 Et __: and others 63 Ministry community for religious teens, and what the answer to each starred clue can be called 66 Avocado app 67 Closing section of

music

68 Cry of

accomplishment 69 Ambiguous

amount

70 “Can you __ in a

sentence?” 71 Lower leg part

DOWN

1 Make less

demanding 2 Means of

emphasis 3 Stylish

4 Muppet who sings “I Love Trash”

5 Stirred up

6 Mai __

7 NFL snapper 8 Lacking

substance 9 Premier League

powerhouse 10 Gesture of

approval 11 True-to-life 12 Museu Picasso

pieces

13 The better part 18 Monumental 22 Mystical halos 24 Unappetizing fare 26 Absorb, as a spill 27 Do penance (for) 28 Apple Watch spot 30 Dorky sort 31 Heart on a dog

collar, perhaps 32 Caused by 33 Word with dating

or skating 35 Column to the left

of a decimal 39 Lake in the Sierra

Nevadas

41 Poke

44 “Just like I said!” 46 Field of view 49 Allowing for

osmosis

50 Party favors 54 Glamping

options

55 __ to riches story 56 “So You Want To Talk About Race” writer Ijeoma 57 Actor Neeson 59 Biblical ark

builder 60 German

automaker

61 Era

64 Native of the

Great Basin 65 Swim-bike-run

race, for short