LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Otherwise occupied
5 “Checkmate!”
9 Concert gear
13 “__ upon a midnight dreary ... ”
14 Origami bird
15 Henhouse
16 “¡__ mío!”
17 Rabbit kin
18 Color of unbleached linen
19 Dinner and drinks with a preacher?
22 Actor Jeong
23 “Quite so”
24 Move, roots and all
26 Thousands of years, for a megalith?
31 __ Diego
34 CNN anchor Burnett
35 Brain teaser aid
36 Bouillon cube maker
38 “Queen __”: pop music nickname
40 Big fetes
41 Quechua speaker
42 Nonpayment risk, for short
44 Squalid digs
45 Exam for a certificate in mediation?
50 “Same!”
51 Titter
55 Golf ball position
57 Brief moment, or what three long answers in this puzzle have?
60 Gumbo pod
62 Miso soup base
63 Possess
64 Ray
65 Like some rural roads at night
66 Rid of wrinkles
67 “__ there, tiger”
68 Poems of praise
69 Ice cream brand with a birthday cake flavor
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1 __ Tree: place of enlightenment in Buddhist tradition 2 Collective bargaining group
3 Give a good talking-to
4 “Okay, I get it”
5 Country where Farsi is spoken
6 New Orleans voting district
7 Like challenging pushups
8 Lipton rival
9 Royal flush card
10 Nojito and nada colada, for two
11 Sweat outlet
12 Like some silk or sugar
14 Garment similar to a hijab
20 Parking post
21 Short music releases
25 Job safety org.
27 Bit of cacao
28 Month before febrero
29 Little pest
30 Site with handmade crafts
31 Omit
32 Actress Hathaway
33 Sign at some museums
37 Sack __
39 Thus far
40 “Check it out”
43 Watch the birdie?
46 UFO beings
47 Tegan and Sara, for one
48 “Independence Day” director Emmerich
49 Computer pro
52 Stockpile
53 Diplomat
54 Perfect places
55 Ear part
56 Store whose packages typically contain Allen keys
58 Archipelago part
59 __ end up
61 Sedaris of “The Mandalorian”