LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Have an ugly cry
5 Fly through the air
9 Barked
14 Eight, in Spanish
15 Give a darn
16 “__!” ... “Polo!”
17 Curtain holder in a bathroom
19 Situation with a player at first, say
20 Peaceful
21 Commercial leadin to “bnb”
23 Gaelic speaker
24 French fashion initials
25 Purple flower with a fuzzy patch
28 Country singer Loretta
29 Scotch’s partner
30 Naked
33 Stomp on the gas
36 Govt. intel org.
39 “We’re almost there!,” and what can be said about 17-, 25-, 51-, and 64-Across?
43 Unnaturally pale
44 Construct
45 Film spool
46 Root vegetable in Nigerian cuisine
48 Lawn tool
51 Orange marker in a construction zone
55 Work on a quilt
58 Wild canine
59 “Dance the Night”
singer __ Lipa
60 Like some albums
62 Show host
64 Student at the top of the honor roll
66 Jump back, say
67 Sheet of paper
68 Hatchling’s home
69 Cities with harbors
70 Post-blizzard blanket
71 __ and crafts
DOWN
1 Like an overbearing older sibling
2 Is sore
3 Pattern of spirals on a fingerprint
4 Actor Rob of “Parks and Recreation” 5 Bug keeper-outer on a window
6 Rowboat rower
7 Noisy, as a crowd
8 Fixed up again
9 “Yo te __”
10 Putrid
11 Allowed to roam, as chickens
12 Gut bacteria
13 Heading on a list
of actions to avoid
18 Phonetic term often associated with they/them pronouns
22 Sticky tree secretion
26 “The Hate U Give” writer Thomas
27 Connect the __
28 Big name in jeans
30 Short “While I’m thinking of it ... ”
31 Exclamation of understanding
32 Vehicle picked up at an airport, maybe
34 Golden State sch.
35 The “N” of TNT
37 “__ Persisted”: children’s book by Chelsea Clinton 38 Ga. capital
40 Maker of squishy darts
41 Humanlike robot
42 Anger
47 Move emotionally
49 Composer Lloyd Webber
50 Save
51 Little troublemaker
52 Juliet’s partner
53 Zodiac transition points
54 Board game that dropped “The Settlers of” from its name
55 “Terrific!”
56 Are
57 Swollen marks
61 Name that means “moon”
63 UFO pilots
65 Back in time