LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols
ACROSS
1
*With 4-Across, researcher’s wear 4 *See 1-Across
8 Nested
newborns’ noises 14 Be off
15 Major employer? 16 Like some quaint
lamps
17 “Get it?”
18 Back
19 Old-fashioned
type
20 *Briefs
alternative
23 Soccer cheer
24 Lena of “Riviera” 25 Feast with poi
26 50 Cent piece,
e.g.
27 Send-ups
31 Sixth sense:
Abbr.
32 2021 World
Series champs: Abbr.
33 Relish
35 “Garfield” dog
36 *Jewelencrusted film noir title bird
41 Curly cabbage
42 Vocally twangy
43 Nothing
44 Pound sound
47 Buffet with guacamole and salsa
51 Chekov’s early “Star Trek” rank: Abbr. 52 Give (out)
sparingly
54 Musical finale 55 CPR expert
56 *Sock hop
attire
60 Seize, as an
opportunity
62 __ proprietor 63 Poe’s “Annabel
__”
64 Infuriate
65 Latin 101 verb 66 Finish
67 Checked for
prints
68 With 69-Across, Iditarod frontrunner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues 69 See 68-Across
DOWN
1
Sappho’s island home
2 Anatomical ring
3 Secession approved in a 2016 U.K. referendum
4 Three-time Grammy-winning singer Vikki
5 Valuable minerals 6 Asian nurse
7 Alpine region in
Italy and Austria
8 Sportscaster Bob
with 29 Emmys 9 Asks (for), as a
loan
10 “Evil Woman”
rock gp.
11 Legendary city of
gold
12 Jargon with words ending in -ay
13 Church feature
21 Strand at sea
22 Poe’s __ Morgue 28 Backstabber
29 Christmas __
30 Aptly palindromic
ABBA hit
34 “The Last Jedi”
villain Kylo
35 The end of time? 36 Top-level
computer list
37 Elite athletes
38 Lucrative, as a
contract
39 Smart-whip link 40 Europe’s __ de
Genève
41 Prepared for a
proposal
44 Common Sunday
newspaper insert 45 Supported from the bleachers, with “for”
46 Progressive
spokeswoman
48 Heated to
bubbling
49 Glandular prefix 50 Like familyfriendly films
53 ’50s Ford failure 57 “You snooze, you
__”
58 “Frozen II” sister 59 Gardener’s
purchase
61 Tom Brady, before he became a Buc