LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cotillion VIPs 5 Fades 9 Redolence 14 Strip of wood 15 Legendary 16 Participated in a

regatta, maybe 17 Prefix between

giga- and peta18 It concludes The

Beach Boys’ “Pet

Sounds” 20 Character seen at the beginning

and end of “Star

Wars”

22 Gain an

advantage 23 Collection of vineyards, perhaps

28 Tune from “10”

30 It comes early in

September

32 W-2 org. 33 Benefit

35 Nose (out)

36 One is used in basketball but not in hockey 39 Hearty partner 42 Animal also called

a forest giraffe

43 Boxer’s warning

46 What can be seen in two places in Missouri 49 Dinner-and-ashow platform 51 Small accident 52 One-named

K-pop singer

53 One can’t print

dollars without it 58 When read as three words, suitable sponsor

for “Sesame

Street” and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across 62 Powdery mineral 64 Inbox filler

65 Cut down to size 66 Poetic tributes 67 Study aids 68 Physicist Bethe portrayed in

“Oppenheimer”

69 Moon landing org.

DOWN

1 Summer hrs. 2 Roosevelt whom Truman called

the “First Lady of the World” 3 Crude carriers 4 Square figure?

5 Erté’s style

6 Tablet since 2010 7 Marshy spot 8 Dundee resident 9 Melodic passage 10 Director Howard 11 Have debts 12 Guys

13 Flap

19 “Stay” singer Lisa 21 2021 interviewer of Meghan and Harry

22 Kimono sash 24 Arduous journey 25 Append

26 Graffiti signature 27 Needle hole 29 Lacto-__

vegetarian 30 Soundly defeats 31 Penne __ vodka 34 Speck 36 MacFarlane or

Green of “Family Guy”

37 Elect (to)

38 Polite

39 “Let me see ... ” 40 Mahershala with

two Oscars

41 Nt. wt. units 43 Southernmost of the Windward Islands

44 Really irks 45 Saloon pour 47 Stands in front of

artists

48 Dr. visit

50 Son of Poseidon 54 Engrave 55 “Life & Beth”

actor Michael 56 Curling __ 57 Egyptian snakes 58 Number of digits

on a keypad 59 Med. care

provider

60 “Don’t let it get

cold”

61 Whopper 63 Farm-share

program, for short