LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sketch show with a musical guest, familiarly 4 Uncovers

9 Dollop

13 Secure (to) 14 South Pacific island

15 Bert who played the Cowardly Lion 16 Star-spangled garb for July 4th 19 Relay race rods 20 Paint shade 21 Not even halfbaked

22 “Catch you later”

26 Taxi prices

28 Ref. work favoring “favour” 29 Sneaker pattern 30 “Best. Day. __!” 31 Tax return fig. 32 Pharmaceutical giant __ Lilly

33 Last section of the 28-Across 34 Activity with Skip and Wild Draw Four cards

36 Round vegetable

39 Goal

40 Pres. after FDR 41 Street 42 Wishing one hadn’t

45 Poor grade 46 Observes Ramadan, say 47 Focus of many a murder podcast 50 Diagnostic scan, briefly

51 Illegal turn, maybe

52 Inexact lunch hour 55 Secret-teller’s intro, and an apt title for this puzzle 59 Cut with a beam

60 “Night” author Elie

61 Group’s adjective

62 North Carolina university town 63 Attach, as a patch 64 Greenpeace, for one

DOWN

1 Short pencil 2 Singer Simone 3 Gave a good talking-to

4 Low choir voices 5 “With you now” 6 Outer edge 7 Engraved with acid

8 __ City, Iowa 9 Sandwich known by its initials 10 Avant-garde violinist and artist Anderson 11 “Yowza” 12 Prepared, as coffee

14 Outdoor wedding shelters 17 “Table for one” type

18 Put down roots 23 Company emblem

24 Tried to speak horse

25 __-state area 26 Brimless hat 27 “__ Maria” 31 Plus

32 Pro in an ambulance

34 Use Goo Gone, e.g.

35 “Hang on __!” 36 Greek god of the sea

37 Consume 38 Targeted social media posts 39 Brian of Roxy Music

41 Instant noodles option

42 Sound of distant thunder 43 Preposterous 44 Rather formal “Can this be true?”

45 Judy Blume novel about a girl with scoliosis

46 “And that’s __” 48 Opinions 49 Cathedral city on the Seine 53 Self-satisfied 54 Medal recipient

56 “The Mandalorian” actress Ming-Na __ 57 Evergreen tree with pliable wood

58 Spanish bear