LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Halts

7 Loops in via email 10 Muslim cleric 14 “Dear Prudence”

offering

15 Circle of life? 17 __ Marcus

18 New word for

something old 19 Economic metaphor coined by Adam Smith 21 Crow’s-nest call 22 Tolkien villains 25 Cryptographer

Turing

28 Gawk

33 Cantina dip 35 Hence

36 “Leave the World Behind” actor Mahershala 37 Very softly, in

music

38 Hurry, with “it” 41 Hydroelectric

facility

42 Ore-__ Tater Tots 43 Years during

Caesar’s reign

44 One of the

Stooges 46 Lowest of lows 50 Some Dada

works 51 “Manhattan Beach” novelist Jennifer

52 Ranch newborn 54 Superhero team with the physical features of 19-, 28-, 38-, and 46-Across

62 Hawaiian treat similar to a snow cone

64 Mellow

65 “Until we meet

again”

66 Beyond thrilled 67 Pieces de

resistance? 68 “Levitating” singer

__ Lipa

69 States definitively

DOWN

1 “Pretty please?” 2 Genesis paradise 3 Tel __, Israel 4 Gorillas, e.g. 5 Net funds 6 Ranking

7 Corner PC key

8 One of Canada’s

First Nations 9 “An American Pickle” star Rogen

10 Like some

transfers 11 Telepath 12 Whichever 13 James Bond film

studio

16 Big Band __ 20 Mormon sch.

23 Letter-shaped

vise

24 Pinches pennies 25 Seek (to) 26 Cuddly

companion 27 Source of some

wool

29 Suit

30 “Dude!”

Self-importance 32 Decomposes 34 Literary captain obsessed with a whale

31

39 Artist Yoko 40 Minecraft

explosive

45 Part-timer’s work

period, perhaps 47 Rapscallions 48 Many times,

poetically

49 Felipe Alou’s

outfielder son 53 Amtrak express 55 State-of-the-art

56 Deadlocked

57 Women’s

Rights Project org.

58 Actress Ward 59 Feedbag grains 60 Versatile vehicles,

for short

61 Start afresh 62 Bay Area airport

letters

63 “As if!”