LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lacking

refinement

4 __ list

8 Young deer 13 Comedian

Nwodim 14 “Luther” star Elba 16 Be of use to 17 City for delinquent library patrons? 19 Sturdy fabric 20 “My Cousin Vinny” Oscar winner

21 A bit loopy 23 “How about that!” 24 Cleveland pros,

for short

25 City for lookalikes?

28 Broke bread 29 Part of an ear 30 Lack of societal

values

31 Short and snappy 33 “The Little Mermaid” voice actress Benson 36 Cook fast, as

tuna

37 City for undercover agents?

40 Fruit that lives up

to its name 43 Bodega fixtures 44 “Sailing to

Byzantium” poet 48 Nucleus particle 50 Prompt

52 “What a lousy

play!”

53 City for bank

managers? 56 Org. that delivers 57 __ for tat 58 Christian with

style

59 Creator of many

talking animals 61 “Dragon Ball Z”

genre

63 City for feather-bed manufacturers? 66 __ salami

67 Dark beer 68 Capital of

Vancouver? 69 “Last Night in Soho” director Wright 70 Gas brand with

toy trucks 71 Inexact fig.

DOWN

1 Call the shots? 2 Stir up

3 Brought around 4 Erase completely 5 Enthusiastic yes 6 __ Lanka

7 Diwali celebrant 8 Secure

9 Map abbr. 10 Military exercise 11 Gulf of Guinea

country

12 More streamlined 15 Try

18 911 responders,

briefly

22 Swing wildly 24 Laser pointer

chaser

26 __ d’art

27 Western outfit 29 Rosalind Brewer of Walgreens, e.g.

32 Whack, biblically 34 Physicist with

a law

35 Summer songs? 38 Open veranda 39 Soap chemical 40 Steal the

spotlight from 41 Ending for coarse

and cross 42 Sending high in

the air

45 Clear

46 Knocks over 47 Brief alarm

49 “I have concerns” 51 First planet discovered using a telescope

9/29/22

54 Some pretzels 55 Stock 56 “Latino __”: podcast hosted by Maria Hinojosa 60 Terrarium

youngsters 62 Extinct New

Zealand bird 64 Misfortune 65 Good to go