LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Snack in a hard
or soft shell 5 Mega-excited,
with “up” 10 Pattern
15 Big star
16 Formal “Same
here”
17 Initiative
18 “I luv u” message
holder
20 “The Lion King”
lion
21 Nintendo avatar 22 Prefix added to some music genres
24 Kid’s elder
25 Textbook dividers 30 Snippet 31 Extreme anger 32 __ guard 33 Glutton 34 “Ooohhh” 36 Equal (with) 40 Hybrid interactive
experience
45 “The plan’s been
approved” 46 “Who, me?” 47 Split __ soup
48 Hiker’s mix
50 Cooling syst.
meas.
52 “__ Green”:
Kermit’s song
53 “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” actress
58 CIO or CTO 59 Good Charlotte
genre
60 Kitchen cover 61 __ basin
63 Asserted one’s authority, and what can be found in this puzzle’s circled letters
69 “__ in Borderland”: manga series 70 Inventor Howe 71 Gel often kept in
the fridge 72 Slowly, in music 73 Wetland plants 74 Big name in golf equipment
DOWN
1 Twitch 2 Orthodontist’s org. 3 Pro opposite 4 Wall hanging showing 48 states, perhaps 5 Largest island in
French Polynesia 6 “__ your words”: toddler parent’s phrase
7 Nutritionist’s no.
8 “Sunrise” singer
Jones
9 Lord and Lady 10 Physical pros 11 Never seen
before
12 “The Lion King”
meerkat
13 Hosp. attachment 14 Great deeds 19 Puppy plaint 23 Chevy SUV 25 Influence
26 __ boson: elementary particle
27 Q.E.D. center 28 Shorten, as a skirt 29 Meyer of “Line of
Duty”
30 Fragrant latte 35 Marinade in
Spanish cooking 37 Laurie of “Twin
Peaks” 38 Bit the dust 39 Director Coogler 41 Tricks that are
also a treat? 42 Self-images 43 Like Odin and
Thor
44 Actress Wilson 49 Overindulge 51 “Except
maybe ... ” 52 Undeserved
notoriety 53 Key material? 54 Cast out 55 Escorted
56 Unit of energy 57 Kept out of sight 62 August baby,
maybe
64 Fib
65 Young man 66 Comedian Wong 67 Persona __
grata
68 Pub delivery