LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Indulge the

munchies 5 French friends

9 “It’s Good” root

beer brand 14 Miami River

locale 15 Knucklehead 16 Lose strength 17 Pedestrian street 18 K-pop, e.g.? 20 Cat voiced by Debra Messing

in “Garfield: The Movie”

22 Lackluster 23 Suitable

24 Come down 26 Catch sight of 28 Cannot stand

30 Give comfort to

34 Implied 37 Preserve, in a way 39 Vocalized 40 Desktop since

1998

41 Leaves in the

library

42 Work long and

hard

43 NPR’S Tiny __

Concerts

44 “Watchmen”

comic book writer Moore

45 Places of refuge 46 Jumps in

48 Torah teacher 50 “Darn it!” 52 Generous

56 “Fire away”

59 Fighting chance?

61 Rio Grande city

62 Survey of

hairdressers? 65 Sign to take out

the trash 66 Perrier rival

67 Shallowest Great

Lake

68 Euro forerunners 69 Dry runs

70 Rip to bits 71 Unimprovable place

DOWN

1 One without a permanent address

2 One end of the

Chicago L’s Blue

Line 3 Soprano dubbed

“America’s

Queen of

Opera” by Time

magazine

4 Golfer who’s too

afraid to make a putt?

5 Missing

6 Server of Duff

beer in Springfield 7 Polo brand

8 Turns in a bad

way

9 Panda fare

10 __ Dhabi 11 Tabula __

12 Makeup kit item 13 Offshoot group 19 Runs out 21 Clutter-free

25 Tattoo alternative

for the squeamish 27 1982 film job that kept an actor on his heels? 29 Rock candy,

essentially

31 “Iliad” city

32 Heavy downpour? 33 Purnell of

“Yellowjackets”

34 Laundry detergent in an orange container 35 “That’s so true!”

36 Playbill list 38 Kidney related 41 Church leader

45 “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” pop

group

47 Flemish artist

Peter Paul __

49 Sent an invoice to 51 Splendid

53 Made over

54 Put on a pedestal

12/15/22

55 Actress Sophia 56 Stand watch for,

say

57 Squirrel away 58 Kardashian

matriarch 60 Moved fast 63 Carlsbad

Caverns dweller

64 “In the Heights”

creator

__-Manuel

Miranda