LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tries out 6 Nosegay
10 Pod whose cross sections are pentagonal
14 Skip a syllable or two
15 Until
16 “Stay” singer Lisa
17 __ Cup: PGA Tour prize
18 Pollinator who can’t fly?
20 Middle of dinner?
21 Perfect
23 “Island of the Blue Dolphins” novelist Scott
24 Parents in the Hundred Acre Wood?
27 Joie de vivre
28 Emo
32 Storage furniture
34 Prize money
37 Sphere in old referee whistles
38 A pop
39 Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-,
47-, and 58-Across?
40 Otter kin 41 Durango day
42 Apt rhyme for “freeze”
43 Well-mannered blokes
44 Goofs in proofs
46 Tromp
47 Product of Shenandoah Valley shepherds?
53 Bird in a bevy 56 Hot spots 57 Signal
58 Experimental soft cheese?
60 Glossy material
62 55-Down, properly
63 Like most whiskey 64 Heart Eyes or OK Hand
65 Fancy spread 66 Fool (with) 67 Wrap sheet
DOWN
1 Schedule for later
2 Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne
3 Many a sedan
4 Amit Majmudar’s “__ to a Drone”
5 People’s superlative
6 Sound of the Northwest
7 O icon
8 Took second, say
9 Second person
10 One whose tricklearning years are behind them
11 “The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” writer Bryant
12 Rod and __
13 Cain’s brother
19 Nary a soul
22 “Spring forward” letters
25 Quick meeting?
26 Tough talk?
29 Damage control pro
30 High-stakes shelter
31 Shaggy beasts
32 Relinquish
33 31-Down abundance
34 Pump letters
35 Lays aisle-mate
36 Bass output
39 “__ the Turtle”: University of Maryland catchphrase
40 “I would like some more catnip, please”
42 Bootlegger’s vessel
43 Visual aids
45 Really take off
46 Blame (on)
48 Canyon
49 Campus climbers
50 Focus of Maslow’s hierarchy
51 Message board?
52 Red Square honoree
53 Sample collector, maybe
54 __ Major
55 62-Across, improperly
59 “Bang!”
61 Org. for OBs