LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

Break down noisily

4 Living things 10 Mug

14 Lab eggs 15 “Bewitched”

witch

16 Vigorous spirit 17 2018 giant shark

film, with “The” 18 *1930 Faulkner

novel 20 Enlightened

Buddhist

22 “... __ many

ways”

23 Letter between

zeta and theta 24 *1986 Chris de Burgh hit, with “The”

27 Patio furniture

maker

29 Defiant comeback 30 Thrown out of the

game

32 Time zone word:

Abbr.

33 Money left on a

diner table 35 Score often

requiring overtime 36 *Wits, when

scared out of you 39 Feral 42 Unfavorable

review

43 __-Cat: winter

vehicle 1 46 Group of nine until

2006

48 Grated together, as teeth DeGeneres who voices Dory *Hit below the belt

54 Bird in 2019 Liberty Mutual commercials 55 Apple discard 57 Small amounts 58 Popular newspaper puzzle, and a hint to what’s hidden in the answers to starred clues 62 Cal. pages 63 Humerus neighbor 64 Eye-related 65 “Tamerlane” poet 66 Cribbage pieces 67 Hospital fluids 68 Shade of blue 51 52

DOWN

Mogadishu natives Emote Capital on the Tigris

4 “Scram!”

5 Middle of dinner? 6 Ugandan dictator

Amin

7 “Honest!” 8 “Thank U, Next”

singer Ariana 9 Puts into words 1 2 3 2010 Mark Twain Prize winner Tina Incompatible with Hiker’s flask Fighting words? Museum tour guide

“Atlas Shrugged” writer Rand “Just a bit longer” Agitate Highly paid pitchers, typically Host between Jack and Jay 34 Domino dot 36 Swede’s neighbor 37 Means

38 Crazy (over) 39 Step on the gas 40 Like many barbershop quartets Appraising Goes for crustaceans 44 Small laptop 45 Wandering journey Christmas tree choice

49 Puff __: venomous African snakes

50 Elton John’s title 53 Madagascar

primate 56 Spanish eyes 59 Vegas opening 60 __-ray Disc 61 Fugitive’s flight 10 11 12 13 19 21 25 26 28 31 41 43 47