LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Settle, as a debt 6 “Leaving the chat for a sec”

9 Puerto __

13 Get out of bed 14 Bubble tea pearls

15 Wet dog emanation

16 Give up vaping, say

18 Amaze

19 Startled cry 20 Muscles worked by crunches

21 Tries, with “at” 23 Low-cal beer option

27 Justice Kagan 29 Greek Cupid 30 Kid-lit “Dr.”

31 As above, in footnotes 32 Roaring-lion studio

35 With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer?

37 See 35-Across 40 Surveillance org. 41 Chicago MLB team

43 “You win” 44 Rib-eye request 45 “Thor:

Ragnarok” actress Thompson

46 “Still Alice” Best Actress Oscar winner 52 Shorebird with a curved bill

53 “Ugh”

54 Punk subgenre 57 Phone-silencing button

58 Musical instrument also called a calliope62 Down or dirty 63 Attention-getting sound

64 Furious

65 Pert reply 66 Hoped-for proposal answer 67 2023 installment in a Vin Diesel film franchise

DOWN

1 Tool for tidying a golf bunker

2 Ohio border lake 3 Mood lifters 4 Inquire

5 “Oh, about __ high”

6 Gravity-powered winter racer 7 Slugger’s stat 8 Product for a scented soak

9 Martini & __ vermouth

10 Bone on a dog collar, perhaps 11 Lozenge target 12 “... but perhaps I’m mistaken” 14 Sweetie 17 Triumphant laugh

22 “Happy Days” diner

24 App with Reels, familiarly

25 Castle in Spain, e.g.?

26 Sandwich treats

27 Corner PC key

28 Not fatty 31 Store, after cremation 32 Distance runner 33 Plenty of nothing 34 Rumple, with “up”

36 “Your guess is as good as mine” 38 Don Corleone 39 Word after Red or before robin 42 See 59-Down 44 Issa of “The Hate U Give”

46 Door frame parts 47 Soft palate dangler

48 Floating flower

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49 Slurpee-like drinks

50 Polite title 51 Resistance unit

55 Small shop 56 Black gem in a cameo

59 With 42-Down, “Stayin’ Alive” disco trio

60 Clumsy one 61 Genetic messenger