LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Cut on a cutting
board 5 Decorative or
dental creation 10 Bestselling South
Korean band 13 Duration of a massage, typically 14 Followed
a doctor’s
instruction 16 Creature in
fantasy stories 17 See 38-Down 18 As opposed to 19 Actress Long 20 Assessment 21 Highway or
byway
22 Not banned 24 Flag holder 26 Dessert-shaping
aid
28 “Without
further __ ... ” 30 “I just got it!”
32 Grains that aren’t
part of a healthy diet
33 Inspire
fearlessness in 36 Spingarn Medal
org.
39 Part of a process 40 Bucatini or
capellini 42 Criticize
44 Studio Ghibli
specialty
46 Start to have an
effect
48 “¿Qué te __,
calabaza?”
50 Like the main characters in “Fire Island” 51 “Help!” letters 52 Cheap jewelry
material 56 Woman yelling at
a cat, for one 58 NCAA basketball
powerhouse 59 Basketball great
Leslie
61 LSD
64 GPS stat 65 Familiarized with 67 Earned
68 “Gr8 joke!”
69 Turn indicator, e.g. 70 Squander, as cash 71 Spanish title:
Abbr.
72 __ dish:
biologist’s
container
73 Enemy’s opposite
DOWN
1 Talk a bit
2 Doughnut’s
middle
3 Very vocal 4 Prefix with type 5 “Uh, yeah, it
better be!”
6 Prefix with tech 7 Purple flower 8 Nike competitor 9 Talk a lot 10 Afro-cuban drum 11 Experiment 12 Heat to nearly
boiling, as milk 15 Montana capital 23 Long punctuation
mark 25 Experiment site 27 Native Hawaiians 28 Morning hrs. 29 Experiment
results
31 __ carte menu 34 Emergency treatment for an allergic reaction ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
35 Setting not 52 Propane and observed by ethanol Hawaii: Abbr. 53 Cast member 37 “Phew!” 54 Australian
38 With 17-Across, marsupial
Silicon Valley city 55 “__ Cha Know?”: 41 Word after price Erykah Badu song
or phone 57 Fast snake 43 Hosp. personnel 60 __ of David 45 Name that means 62 Big celebrity
“great” in Latin 63 Description for
47 Retina’s place hydrated skin 49 Claim 66 Quick drink