L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tool that can be a
musical instrument
4 Not berthed
8Designated 14Confidentiality
contract: Abbr.
15 Spider-Man co-creator
Lee
16 Prophecy source
17 Get-together with a
sketchy vibe?
19 Beam benders
20 Cookie-based dessert
21 Spanish “those”
22 Salon job
23 Marketer’s blitz
campaign?
28 Affirmative replies
30 General on a menu
31 Sign of healing
32 _ _ Cruces, New
Mexico
34 “Yeah, I guess”
36 Pickleball shot
37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day?
40 Mud bath spot
42 Bash who co-hosts CNN’s “State of the Union”
43Mo
44 The Buckeye State
46 WNBA official
47 A few bucks, say 51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials?
55Heaps
56 Limo destination
57 Jack up
59 Nut used to make
vegan cheese
62 Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this puzzle?
63 Understood by few
64Despise
65 Org. with seven teams
in Canada
66 “This Is Spinal Tap”
director
67 Lyft competitor
68 Game Boy batteries
DOWN 1
Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel
2 Like premium streaming
services
3 Communion rounds
4 Urgent letters
5 Narrow piece
6 Foodie website covering
25 metro areas
7 “_ _ takers?”
8 Arcade achievements
9 Bad move
10 Ups the ante
11 Telethon VIPs 12 Blight-stricken tree
13 _ _ Moines
18 Grapefruit kin
21Succeed
24 “You can come out
now”
25 Rights advocacy gp.
26 _ _ TomŽ and Pr’ncipe
27Recede
29 Hourglass stuff
33 Draw for some pictures Contact lens holders
35 37Uttered 38
Hr. for an after-lunch nap, maybe
39 Interval of eight notes
40 Cry noisily
41 Soup with rice noodles
45 Anne of Green Gables, for one “Riverdale” actress Huffman
49 “Caught red-handed!”
50 Braces (oneself)
52Nobel-winning
chemist Joliot-Curie
53 Process that may
involve PT or OT
54 Roofing option
58 Of all time
59 Subway unit
60 “What _ _ those?”
61 Bio or chem
62 Moo _ _ pork