LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Vodka cocktail, familiarly
6 Land area unit
10 Lose one’s footing
14 Surfer’s place
15 Word after sonic or baby
16 Most common number in a data set
17 The shady lawyer tried to __ a client’s eyes, ...
20 Street in a Wes Craven title
21 Ships’ frames
22 Store for folks who like to assemble
23 Jeweled ornament
25 Healer of all wounds, so they say
27 John Quincy __
30 Exodus figure
33 ... and was confident nobody would __ the scheme ...
37 Curmudgeon
39 Expect
40 2016 Olympics city
41 Operate a car
42 Migratory bird
43 ... and sure the client would __, ...
45 Not-to-be-questioned beliefs
47 Smooth and confident
48 Sounds of grief
50 Musician with pipes
54 Food that might be soft-shelled
56 Ice dancer Virtue
59 Single-stranded molecule
60 ... but I saw everything, so I’m the __!
63 Noodle variety
64 “La Bohème” character
65 Evaluate visually
66 Intent look
67 Event for seniors
68 Guys
DOWN
1 Got by
2 Eyes, in Latin
3 Alabama River city
4 Bad start?
5 Precisely
6 Brother of Cain
7 Billowy cloak hood
8 Bird’s perch
9 Mopey rock genre
10 Deceptive tactic
11 Lyricist’s subject, often
12 Possible solution
13 As ordered by
18 Dog’s best friend
19 67-Across conveyance
24 Milieu for single people
26 Texter’s qualifier
28 Seconds or thirds
29 Huffy moods
31 “The Boys” developer Kripke
32 Goalie achievement
33 “__ got your tongue?”
34 Was in a red state?
35 Edible purple corm
36 Stir-fry protein
38 Cot, for one
41 Colored outside the lines, say
43 Talk on and on
44 Cold yogurt drink
46 Habitat for heather
49 Help on the way to the top?
51 Generosity opposite
52 Come after
53 Shop class tools
54 “Behold my brilliance!”
55 The whole shebang
57 Muppet host of
“The Not-Too-Late Show”
58 Do laps in a pool
60 Make silly faces, maybe
61 Nanny’s handful
62 Tisch Sch. of the Arts home