LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 __-relief

4 Sacks

8 Loose strands of hair

13 Tonsillectomy doc

14 Class struggle?

15 Point of contention

16 Binary pronoun

17 *Genetically engineered retriever?

20 Many a Riyadh resident

22 Family chart

23 NYC airport near Citi Field

24 *Colleague of an Idaho farmer?

28 Care follower

29 Relatively small upright

30 Tammy of country

32 NFL stats

33 Socket set

35 Let up

36 *Advice to someone who doesn’t want more kittens?

39 Star in astronomy

42 Of all time

43 Hr. to go

46 __ knot

49 Successful candidate

51 God with good aim

52 *Teaches tricks to circus animals?

54 “Better Call Saul” network 55 Interminable time

56 Nevada city

57 *Food and water supplied during a marathon?

62 Future louse

63 Clip

64 Draft category

65 New prefix

66 Nonsensical

67 Holiday song, and, phonetically, an apt description of the answers to the starred clues

68 Start to sneeze?

Down

1 “You should smile more”

2 Barometer type

3 Soprano Teresa known for her recording of Berg’s “Lulu”

4 Sack

5 Body spray brand

6 Beetle juice?

7 Clobber, biblically

8 Port producer

9 “Amazing Grace” ending

10 Abbreviation on old maps

11 Young hens

12 Data storage company

18 Got bigger

19 Exposed

21 Shut out

25 Promotional links

26 Chalcedony with black and

white bands

27 One who’s well-versed

28 Exhausted

31 Not as far

34 Binary pronoun

36 In things

37 Square

38 Hibernian, e.g.

39 __ jar

40 Meteorological concern

41 Ristorante dumplings

43 __ Aigner: fashion house known for accessories

44 Sneaks on the court?

45 Classic autos advertised with the Cole Porter song “It’s De-Lovely”

47 Cow owner in a Rockwell painting

48 Real hoot

50 Caboose, e.g.

53 Salad topper

55 Shrinking Asian sea

58 Caterpillar roll fish

59 Peace activist Yoko

60 Word that indicates a name change

61 ESPN reporter Paolantonio