LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Routine

4 Agitate

8 Snob __ 14 Guessing game 16 Metal framework 17 *Appendage capable of kicking a 60-yard field goal? 18 Successfully lure 19 List-ending abbr. 20 “Act Like You

Don’t” country

singer Brooke 22 Like a March

hare

23 *Result of a

computer virus? 28 Communications platform that began as a chat service for gamers

31 Deck out 32 Calligraphy

supply

33 Latvian seaport 35 Uneducated

guess

38 Farm house 39 Like someone who appears untouched by time, and like the answers to the starred clues? 43 Blonde __ 44 Browser button 46 China setting 47 Maki topping 48 Subside

52 Hose attachment 54 *Purpose of a phone booth, to Clark Kent? 57 Uncertain

sounds

58 Quash

59 Be without 63 Sweater wool 65 *LEGO minifigure of Emmet Brickowski, e.g.? 69 Slow-cook, in a

way

70 Volatile

71 Cried out

72 “I __ to recall ... ”

73 Wet blanket

DOWN

1 Animal Crossing

unit

By Maryellen Uthlaut

2 Zoom option 3 Strong who voices Miss Minutes on

“Loki”

4 U.K. fliers 5 Binding words 6 Zodiac sign 7 Aromatic

compound

8 “It’s settled,

then!”

9 Right away 10 Apple seed 11 Miller/liu TV

drama 12 Assumed name 13 Takes interest,

maybe 15 Museum item 21 Genetic letters 24 Bollywood dancer/actress Fatehi 25 Pre-calc course 26 Periphery 27 Dash of flavor?

28 Chef’s creation

29 Passionate

about

30 In-flight officer 34 __ provençale 36 The Body Shop

balm 5/20/22 ©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 5/20/22 37 Ingredient in 54 Claymation

some batter character with a 40 Canadian gas horse

brand 55 Love, in arias 41 Nurses 56 Apples, pears, 42 Indie pop duo etc.

Tegan and __ 60 Surrounded by 45 Flow back 61 Finally give 49 Counsel 62 Had down cold 50 In layers 64 Feel sick 51 Superlative 66 Fury

suffix 67 Shuffleboard stick 53 Dole out 68 Record no.