LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blue-green

5 Short form of a name that means “merciful”

9 Lass

13 Jessica of “Sin

City”

14 Eta follower 15 Shape the

narrative?

16 *Diner’s entitlement to savory flavor? 18 __ therapy 19 *Reason yellowfin tuna are wallflowers at a school prom? 21 “Easy-peasy”

24 In __ of 25 Contacts list no. 26 NHL great Bobby 27 Little dog 29 Michelin product 31 Planner division 33 Q neighbor 35 Yapped like a dog 36 *Pal who seconds whatever one says?

40 Lopsided

42 Cozy room

43 The Emerald Isle 46 Ill-fated

49 “Need I go on?”

abbr.

51 Sister

52 Pump part 53 Said, informally 55 Roamed freely 57 *Not-very-straight

shooter? 60 Half-moon tide 61 Sound added to everyday speech, and what’s been added to create the answers to the starred clues 65 Intl. alliance joined by Finland in 2023 66 First-year law

students 67 Sunburn soother 68 Pub pours

69 Gift on “The

Bachelor”

70 Gripe

DOWN

1 __ cross

2 Bark beetle target 3 Old hoops gp. 4 Pulitzer-winning

rapper Kendrick 5 Fashionable 6 Pad size

7 Of a particular

culture

8 Country singer

Kathy

9 Bigger than big 10 Naming 11 Heartfelt 12 Girded (oneself) 14 Ozzy Osbourne album in memory of Randy Rhoads 17 “Let’s put a smile on your plate” chain

20 Garment that preserves hair waves

21 This instant 22 Mine find 23 Communicating with pictograms, perhaps

28 Dog’s attention

getter, maybe 30 Loyal

32 Scottish wedding

garb

34 eBay action 37 Nabe that might

have an H Mart

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38 Get the picture 50 Quarterback 39 Main courses Derek

40 Vehicle’s shark 54 Lore

fin, maybe 56 Muslim honorific 41 Uncomfortably from which

close to home “nabob” is derived 44 French street 58 Wall St. debuts 45 Sew up 59 Fr. title for 47 Request, as table 9-Across

food 62 Flamenco shout 48 Los Angeles 63 Sushi topper neighborhood 64 __ Jam near Reseda Recordings