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