LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Acid

4 Pine product

7 Swell

12 First name in

pharmaceuticals

13 Irritated, with “on”

14 90% of Earth’s

volcanic rock

15 Otolaryngologist’s

colleagues?

17 Reach for rudely

18 Home-away-from-home vacation

19 Departure notice?

21 Historic period

22 PIN points

24 Big name in

databases

26 Solid vestment

choice?

30 Water in the Seine

31 Rejoices

32 Foot specialist?

35 Like burnt coffee

37 Member of a

noted sailing trio

38 LGBTQ activist

George

39 Hershey toffee bar

40 Home of The Trop

42 Clean Water Act

org.

43 Rodent reduction

measure?

46 One getting smashed at a bash

47 Big Island coffee

region

48 Faux follower 49 Servers at affairs

51 Donation drop-off

site

55 Afghanistan’s

national airline

57 Minuscule biters, and a clue to understanding 15-, 26- and 43-Across

59 They take things

in stride

60 Nice ways to say

yes

61 Patel of “Lion”

62 __-pop: electronic

music genre

63 Test for M.A.

seekers

64 Medium claim

DOWN

1 Not a nice look

2 Pole, e.g.

3 Gossip

4 Lipton product

5 Branch or limb

6 Currency of 25Down

7 It may be closed

at last call

8 Winner of the most medals at the 2020 Olympics

9 Tiny office printer

10 Screen problem

11 Sundance’s

sweetie

13 Squirmed

14 Certain breakdancers

16 Attract 20 Where hands may be brought together

23 Double, often

25 Birthplace of

Gloria Estefan

26 Poured-over

leaves

27 Cybersecurity

concern

28 2021 musical contest held in Rotterdam

29 Get away to get

together

33 Default result

34 Old phone feature

36 Decrease?

38 Sneaks

40 Hindu teachings

41 __ Roll

44 Set in motion

45 Format for much

’80s music

46 Bash

48 Word with hall

and press

50 Make out, in

Britain

52 “Hey __”: classic

hit

53 Iowa college town

54 Request on an

invitation

56 River isle

58 Collective

pronoun