LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Statistical

concerns

7 Daddy

11 Texting initials

14 “Won’t be long

now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick

17 *Pilot’s reputation

among airport agents?

19 Food Network

host Garten 20 Long-billed bird 21 Hijab, for one 22 Sharp set 23 Longtime Farr

co-star

25 Abate

27 Some K9 canines

30 *Triage site’s

gooey alternative

to sutures?

34 Q.E.D. part

35 Mauna __ 36 Some rugged

sandals

37 HS equivalency

test

38 Freebies at some crossword

tournaments

41 __ text:

accessibility

feature

42 “Just Mercy” actor

__ Jackson Jr. 44 Doc’s org. 45 Bali’s continent

46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower?

49 Shepherds’ docs?

50 Cooler brand

51 Italian bubbly 53 Perseverance’s

home

55 Itinerary

57 Flags down 61 Having celebrated

many birthdays 62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred

clue?

64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form 65 Cause an

emotional reaction 66 Good scents 67 First car, for

many?

68 Mountain goat 69 Heavenly figure

DOWN

1 Majors, in

baseball slang

2 Supermodel whose signature

fragrance is “Love Memoir”

3 __-lock brakes

4 Overlook 5 Perform beyond

expectations 6 Philharmonic sect.

7 Put forward

8 For some time 9 Kitchen gadget

10 Plus

11 Asked nicely

12 Julep herb

13 Croat or Pole 18 Island where

Excalibur was

forged

22 Enormous 24 Proofer’s mark 26 Tuts

27 Bricks that are

painful to step on

28 Childish retort 29 Trouble with

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31 Colorful parrot 54 In addition

32 Like new matches 56 MC alternative

33 “¿Cómo __?” 58 “__ Vep”: HBO 38 Bucket miniseries about 39 Clarifying phrase a remake of the 40 Cable row silent film “Les

targets, for short Vampires”

43 Med. readouts 59 Vault

45 Earhart, for one 60 Meeting,

47 “S’okay” informally

48 Start streaming 62 “Oof, didn’t need 52 “Voilà!” to know that” 53 More than half 63 Possesses