LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Truism

6 Scrape cover 10 Runs or walks,

e.g.

14 Subway to the

Louvre

15 Spanish lake 16 One and only 17 Fuss at the mirror 18 Many an Omani 19 Legendary 20 Favorite vegetable side dish of singer Donna?

23 Go out, as the

tide

26 Sail support 27 Toepick-assisted

skating leaps 28 More gloomy 30 “Okey-dokey” 31 Favorite leafy course of singer Al?

34 Decide (to) 37 Contract

negotiator 38 Family boy

39 Bub

41 Crayola eightpack choice 42 Favorite fish entree of singer Carole?

44 Speaker’s

platform

46 Candy bar nut 47 Saunters

50 Some ceiling

fixtures

52 Big __ Conference: NCAA division that includes Montana 53 Favorite fruity dessert of singer Fiona?

56 Shoe inserts 57 Curling __ 58 Post-swim wrap 62 Quechua speaker

63 Raven’s retreat

64 Connect with 65 Queries

66 Picks up on 67 Like draft beer

DOWN

1 Concert piece 2 Gen __

3 Meteor follower 4 Raw metals

5 __ Valley: puzzle game with optical illusions

6 Closes with force 7 Keyboard symbol

above 6

8 Food thickener 9 Winter Olympics

racer

10 Nancy Drew, e.g. 11 Birthstone after

opal

12 Pernod flavor 13 Help desk pros 21 Red planet 22 Sine __ non:

essential

23 Mystery writers’

award

24 River transport 25 Kennel club

designation 29 Fox Sports MLB reporter Rosenthal

30 Yin and __

32 Seller’s caveat

33 Chaney of classic

horror

34 “Mayans M.C.” star Edward James __ 35 Cheap wine, in

British slang

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“Cocoon” 48 Debuts 39 Artificially high 49 Tiny bit

voice 50 Cold coat

40 West __: highend 51 Many design godmothers retailer 54 Genealogy 42 Smooching diagram 43 Temporary castle 55 Meat cut

material 59 In need of a 44 River mouth 58-Across

formations 60 Due-in hr. 45 Affirmative vote 61 Cut (off)