LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Nail tech’s layers
6 Open mic night host
11 Automated Twitter user
14 Fire in the belly
15 Take one’s sweet time
16 Dedicated lines
17 Top that!
19 Prefix with binary
20 Fair
21 Consider
22 Kabocha or pumpkin, e.g.
24 Make-up artist?
26 Mike who voices Shrek
28 David Ortiz’s 1,768, briefly
30 Beat that!
34 Park fixture for two
36 SoFi Stadium player
37 Half and half
38 Caroline du Sud, e.g.
39 Like some angles
41 Intestinal fortitude
42 __ on the side of caution
43 Soon-to-be grads
44 Realm entered through a wardrobe 46 Strike that!
50 Miami-__ County
51 “Count me out”
52 Wee
54 Test versions
56 Farm skyscraper
58 Hairstyle for Nina Simone
62 “Kinda”
63 Take that!
66 Hoover, for one
67 Come about
68 Like a foggy trail path
69 Four-time WNBA champion Bird
70 Divulge
71 Fine partner
DOWN
1 Cornfield calls
2 Cookie that has a lychee flavor in China
3 States further
4 Slate of chores
5 __ Lanka
6 Trimming tools
7 Nutmeg spice
8 Chewy chowder chunk
9 Animal on Idaho’s state seal
10 Application that may help reduce crow’s-feet
11 Game show climax, often
12 Garbage feature
13 Mind, as a bar
18 Doc intended to prevent leaks
23 Windy City airport code
25 Ariana Grande’s “God __ Woman”
27 Gulf of Aden republic
28 Evoking the past
29 “Just wait a bit more!”
31 Tie for roasting
32 Remove, as a ribbon
33 Painted Desert landform
34 Leak out slowly
35 Stinging insects
40 Regimen with Workouts of the Day
41 Ambiguous point
45 Podcast interrupters
47 Org. regulating pesticides
48 Mischief-maker
49 Freestyle skier Gu who won two gold medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics
53 Where to wear a metti
54 Auction actions
55 Old Testament twin
57 “In that case ... ”
59 Terrarium plant
60 Bust
61 “__-dokey!”
64 Foundry delivery
65 Place to retire