LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “I’ve been here before” feeling 7 __ and carrots 11 Has been 14 Some dome
topped venues 15 Roger’s rival, familiarly 16 __ crossroads 17 Playful tune 19 Half a score 20 Low USN rank 21 Fires up, as an
engine 22 Converse 24 Japanese art
genre
26 Proper conduct,
in Hinduism 27 Threw in the towel 31 Ooze, as charm 32 Addition amount 33 Church bench 36 Made readable,
in a way
39 Based on deduction instead of experience 42 Two-time Super
Bowl MVP
Manning
43 Male sheep 45 Elba of “The Wire” 46 Roadside channel for water runoff
51 Bring on
53 Gave it a shot 54 Threshold 55 Kristen who was
on “SNL” from
2005 to 2012 56 Henson who created the Muppets
59 Sweetie
60 Stage a comeback, or an apt title for this puzzle
64 In the style of 65 “That makes
sense”
66 Immune system
components 67 Fine stone 68 Sugar source 69 Throat-soothing
beverage
DOWN
1 Small valley
2 “__ go bragh!”
3 New York
NFLers
4 Kitchen pest
5 Kilmer of “Top
Gun: Maverick” 6 Login
requirement 7 Flowering shrubs used as border hedges
8 Uses (up) 9 Toward the tiller 10 Greets, with “to” 11 Wakeboarding,
for one
12 Mr. T’s squad 13 Maxwell House
decaf brand 18 Singer Lovato 23 Butter portion 24 Big name in
footwear 25 Require 26 Hauler destination, perhaps
27 Give up
28 Figure skater’s
jump
29 Certain state of awareness while sleeping
30 Sine __ non 34 Writer/illustrator
Carle
35 Genie’s offering 37 Lake near the
Rock & Roll Hall
of Fame 38 Karate skill level 40 Attraction at a fair 41 “__ my best” 44 Afternoon show 47 Bit of floor decor 48 Like pickling
liquid
49 Moxie
50 Half of a fourth 51 ICU hookup 52 Writer Zora __
Hurston
55 Small songbird 56 Leave at the altar 57 Not going
anywhere
58 City outside
Phoenix
61 Can. neighbor 62 Green beginning 63 Vietnamese New
Year