L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Went 60 in a 30, say

5 Expression of anger, maybe 9 Deli device

14 __ stick

15 Double agent 16 Sense of __

17 Has a contagious

smile, say 20 Whitlock Jr. of “Cocaine Bear”

21 Seal Beach's location,

informally 22 Self-care destination 23 Gym top

24 Prefix with Pen

26 Italian bubbly 28 Parties like there's

no tomorrow

34 Feature of some kaleidoscopes 35 Google Maps suggestion

36 Resting on

39 Mary Roach book subtitled “The Curious Life of Human Cadavers”

42 “Good going!” 43 Keep from expiring 45 R&B singer Braxton

47 Gets ready for action

51 Enjoy 52 Spanish “that” 53 __-Ida Tater Tots

56 Get older

59 Airport postings

61 Turkey neighbor

63 Remodeling projects, or a tongue-in-cheek title for this puzzle

66 Nepali or Laotian

67 Country singer McCann 68 Bird house

69 “Dunno” gesture

70 Social sci. major

71 Auth. unknown

DOWN

1 Gymnastics move

2 Equanimity

3 Like challah, compared

to white bread

4 Qatar's capital

5 Texting tech

6 Worst

7 Dog food brand

8 Willow, to the

Biden family

9 Bus stop fixture

10 Hostile dog

11 Famous __ cookies

12 Coaster feature

13 Bombeck who said, “If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it”

18 Nonbinary possessive 19 Word with tag or mark 25 Trident-shaped letters 27 Like a big dog

named Tiny

29 Attraction

30 Singer Patti who wrote

the memoir “Just Kids” 31 Arles aye

32 How homeopathic remedies are sold, for short

33 Shipping charge

36 Path of a three-pointer 37 Contact no.

38 Small number

40 Climb El Capitan

without ropes, say

41 Crazes

44 Putting pen to paper 46 Come to an end

48 Milk choice

49 The Pantheon, e.g.

50 Like kimchi

54 Drummer Starr

55 Consumed

56 Cries of clarity

57 “Oh, golly”

58 Gulf States title

60 Writer/illustrator Carle 62 Party song title spelled

out with gestures

64 __ Claire, Wisconsin

65 Moving vehicle