LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Disappearing sounds
6 Bridge support
11 __ rule
14 Principle
15 Arrived at a dock, perhaps,
with “to”
16 Bars often scanned, for short 17 Alternative medicine treatment
19 Masters figure
20 “Where are you?” response,
perhaps
21 Staple of African food
22 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden’s inauguration
25 Publicity packages
29 Puts up a fight
31 Tijuana titles
32 FEMA supplies
33 High-end Apple line
36 “Night on Bald Mountain”
inspiration
42 Arrive, as clouds
43 Take in a heist
45 Market in advance
49 Stuffy
52 Perspicacious
55 “ÀCu‡nto __?”: “How much
is it?”
56 More than listen
57 Lengthy account 59 “Washington Week” airer 60 Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is?
66 English __
67 Phillips 66 brand 68 Former first daughter 69 Exobiology subj.
70 Holds up
71 “Battlestar Galactica” enemy
DOWN
1 School support gp.
2 Poetic adverb
3 Tokyo’s Yoko
4 Like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” to many critics (but not to the author)
5 Arena section
6 Squirt
7 Less cooked
8 Thurman of “Batman & Robin” 9 “Yo, what’s new?”
10 Word with glass or ware 11 Worker with a host family 12 Helen’s homeland
13 To the opposite side of
15 Pop duo __ & Him
18 Unnamed object
21 Ring ref’s decision
22 Hoops three-point line, e.g. 23 “Where’s my Fancy Feast?” 24 Bubbly brand
26 Land bordering los Pirineos 27 Belgrade native
28 Classist type
30 Foul
34 Silent speech syst.
35 CBS series with multiple
spin-offs
37 First Nations tribe 38 Doughnut __
39 Common dumpster spot 40 Ring sites
41 Entertain
44 Airport safety org.
45 Folks
46 Peter or Jessica
47 Expels
48 Calculating
50 “Leave it to me”
51 ‘80s hip-hop pioneers 53 Macaroni type
54 Brake parts
58 Yin/yang principle
60 Loops in, briefly
61 Texter’s chuckle
62 One in Mexico
63 Far less than 100%
64 AFL partner
65 Solo of “Star Wars”