LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Stretched the truth 5 Takes a break
workplace 14 Actress Kendrick 15 Love, in French 16 Operatic high
point
17 Folk singer Joan 18 *Many stadium
screens
20 GI field fare 22 Phoenix suburb 23 Fannie __: federal
mortgage agency 24 *Seven-star pattern in Ursa Major
27 Little League
precursor
29 “__ thoughts?” 30 Vegetable in a pod 31 Fr. holy woman 32 Ballet garb 34 Piece of advice 36 Insensitive, in a
way 39 *Curly-haired
dogs 43 Spreadsheet
software
44 “Low” rapper __
Rida
45 “Smooth
Operator” singer 46 Actor Pacino and
singer Green 47 Alias letters 49 Summer shade 50 Nile Valley
country 53 *Skimpy garment credited to fashion designer Mary Quant 56 Summer sign 57 “Firefly” actor
Tudyk
59 Brad of
“Moneyball” 60 Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues 64 Draw (in)
66 Nurse Jackie
portrayer Falco 67 Spanish title 68 Poems of praise 69 Wetlands plant 70 “Fire away!” 71 Flow slowly
10 Garçon’s
DOWN
1 R&D setting 2 “Almost ready” 3 Fuel surcharge,
e.g.
4 Stunned
5 “The Big Bang Theory” chum of Sheldon and Leonard
6 6-foot Aussie bird 7 WWI battle site in
France
8 Potato or yam 9 Low-budget
hotels, for short 10 Mustang or Pinto 11 Enticing odor 12 End-of-term
exam 13 Equipment used
in oil production? 19 Result of some
needlework 21 Opposite of
guzzle
24 Clubs for
27-Across 25 Blossom parts 26 Duo
28 Road curves 31 “Jersey Shore”
nickname
33 Take the lid off 35 Adobe creation
2/20/24 ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 2/20/24 37 Insipid remark 52 “That smarts!” 38 Source of 53 Some puzzle
fragrant wood book offerings 40 Triangular river 54 How paper
formations contracts are 41 Strategy signed
42 Inbox subfolder 55 Metric weights 48 Snake once 58 Middle Simpson sacred in kid
50-Across 61 Actor Beatty 50 Respected leader 62 Snack, in slang 51 Rock with inner 63 Higher ed hurdle
beauty 65 Telepath’s claim