LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Outlook alternative
6 Drum that may accompany a sitar
11 Little taste
14 “America’s Got Talent” judge Klum
15 Like this answer
17 Texter’s “Didn’t need to hear that”
18 Forward-looking aesthetic of Janelle Monáe and “Black Panther”
20 Siamang or orangutan
21 Trivial complaint
22 Streetcar
23 Speak while flustered, say
25 Singer India.__
27 Home of the Big 12’s Cyclones
29 Military incursions
30 Part of the digestive system
34 Mega- times mega
35 Passing comment?
36 “Illmatic” rapper
37 Job requirement for some visa holders
42 Dashboard prefix with meter
44 Repeat role for Keanu Reeves
45 Hair removal brand
48 Plant-based remedies, e.g.
53 Tell time?
54 Big suit?
55 Gets one’s hands on
57 “Dig in, all!”
60 Tux rental occasion
62 “Anyone can see that”
63 Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco
64 Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters
67 Start to bake?
68 Single hair
69 Took down
70 DOS pt.
71 Practice room fodder
72 Cider mill fixture
DOWN
1 Accra’s land
2 “I’ll start!”
3 TV slot
4 Sworn statement?
5 Use gym weights
6 Japanese mat
7 Keen judgment
8 “So cold!”
9 Lane near Kent?
10 Aide, for short
11 Energizer Bunny’s asset
12 Gets in the way of
13 Yacht spots
16 Dapper
19 River dividing Eurasia
24 Keep up
26 Far-toomemorable songs
28 Ophthalmologist’s concern
31 Part of the KraDai language family
32 Always, in verse
33 “Veep” actor Richardson
38 Molecule preceded by m-, r-, or t
39 Kenan’s “Good Burger 2” co-star
40 Apple or pear
41 Close of business?
42 Candy bar with an exclamation point
43 Pantheon group
46 Out of it
47 Censures
49 Checkout sounds
50 Use up
51 Put down
52 Tapped pic
53 Shows appreciation
56 Loses, as hair
58 Museo del Prado contents
59 Material for a suit
61 “Sticker shock” no.
65 Letter after sigma
66 Laugh syllable