L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Nile reptile
4 Woodworking tool 8 School year 13 “Knock, knock” response
starter
15 Crooner Paul 16 Put a cap on 17 Commuter option
19 State one's views
20 Union member? 21 Total disorder
23 “__ whiz!”
24 Attempt 25 Hawaiian dish with skipjack tuna
27 “Good Will Hunting” univ.
29 Ahmed of “The Night Of” 31 “If I were __ ... “32 “Time's Arrow” novelist
Martin
34 Guns, as an engine 37 Mandarin greeting 41 Dumped
unceremoniously
44 Pitch perfect 45 Potatoes, in South Asian
cuisine
46 “Twittering Machine” artist Paul 47 Snakelike fish
49 TD'S six
51 Mary __ cosmetics 52 Cloverleaf segment 57 Rx writers
59 Movie night room
60 Woodwind for Elaine
Douvas
61 Enticing scents
64 Spy collection
66 Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across
68 After-bath wrap
69 Not all
70 Sparkling wine region
71 Makes out, in Manchester
72 Affirmative votes
73 QVC alternative
DOWN
1 Puncturing tools
2 Model in a bottle
3 Toy with a handlebar and
a big spring
4 Unique person
5 Political commentator
Navarro
6 Cut corners
7 Hunter-gatherer diet
8 Reason to say “Whew!”
9 Carmex target
10 Buddy in Barcelona
11 Muscular power
12 Stainless __
14 Closed
18 Figure in Russian history
22 Chicago WNBA team 26 Lincoln competitor
27 Shark name that comes
from Maori
28 “Let's do it!”
30 Actress Catherine
__-Jones
33 Shooting sport
35 Abbreviation on a TV
remote
36 Intersection sign
38 Angry shout from a green
Avenger
39 Locale
40 Follow orders
42 Exasperated expressions
43 Much-anticipated nights
out
48 Scientist's workplace
50 Aching
52 Changes the narrative?
53 Noble gas whose name comes from the Greek for “strange”
54 Split evenly
55 Overgrown, in a way
56 Black tea grade
58 __ América: international football tournament
62 __ and crafts
63 Largest organ in the
human body
65 Brain scan letters
67 Reddit Q&A