L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Settle, as a debt

6 “Leaving the chat for a sec”

9 Puerto __

13 Get out of bed

14 Bubble tea pearls

15 Wet dog emanation

16 Give up vaping, say

18 Amaze

19 Startled cry

20 Muscles worked

by crunches

21 Tries, with “at”

23 Low-cal beer option

27 Justice Kagan

29 Greek Cupid

30 Kid-lit “Dr.”

31 As above, in footnotes

32 Roaring-lion studio

35 With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer?

37 See 35-Across

40 Surveillance org.

41 Chicago MLB team

43 “You win”

44 Rib-eye request

45 “Thor: Ragnarok” actress Thompson

46 “Still Alice” Best Actress Oscar winner

52 Shorebird with a curved bill

53 “Ugh”

54 Punk subgenre

57 Phone-silencing button

58 Musical instrument also called a calliope

62 Down or dirty

63 Attention-getting sound

64 Furious

65 Pert reply

66 Hoped-for proposal answer

67 2023 installment in a Vin Diesel film franchise

DOWN

1 Tool for tidying a golf bunker

2 Ohio border lake

3 Mood lifters

4 Inquire

5 “Oh, about __ high”

6 Gravity-powered winter racer

7 Slugger's stat

8 Product for a scented soak

9 Martini & __ vermouth

10 Bone on a dog collar, perhaps

11 Lozenge target

12 “... but perhaps I'm mistaken”

14 Sweetie

17 Triumphant laugh

22 “Happy Days” diner

24 App with Reels, familiarly

25 Castle in Spain, e.g.?

26 Sandwich treats

27 Corner PC key

28 Not fatty

31 Store, after cremation

32 Distance runner

33 Plenty of nothing

34 Rumple, with “up”

36 “Your guess is as good as mine”

38 Don Corleone

39 Word after Red

or before robin

42 See 59-Down

44 Issa of “The Hate U Give”

46 Door frame parts

47 Soft palate dangler

48 Floating flower

49 Slurpee-like drinks

50 Polite title

51 Resistance unit

55 Small shop

56 Black gem in a cameo

59 With 42-Down, “Stayin' Alive” disco trio

60 Clumsy one

61 Genetic messenger