L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 “Nope”

5 Pointers

9 City in northwest

Missouri, informally 14 Kind

15 Words after count

or sleep

16 Sports complex

17 *”Let me enjoy my

guilty pleasures!” 19 Shouts

20 Website revenue

source

21 Director Craven

23 Chemical in potent

drain cleaners

24 Ankle-length skirt 26 PlayStation maker 28 Contributes

32 Ready to go trickor-treating, say

36 Figure of speech

37 Ginger _ _

38 Love who co-hosted

“The Real”

39 Pixar film about a

jazz pianist

40 Dance club compilation, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are

42 Little cut

43 Idris of “The Wire” 44 “Insecure” star Issa 45 GPS suggestion

46 Elite athletes 48 Moderate gallop 49 Website with

tutorials

50 Overly confident 52 JFK successor

54 Chicken _ _ king

56 “Suppose so”

61 Minestrone and

chowder

63 *”Feelin’ fine!”

65 Allow to enter

66 Italian bubbly

67 Apollo project

destination

68 Uses a keyboard 69 Sunbeams

70 Humble reply to a

compliment DOWN

1 Organic certifying gp. 2 Parka feature

3 Footed vases

4 URL intro

5 Bird on Froot Loops

boxes

6 Handy list in the back

of a book

7 Swine

8 Hearty bowlful

9 Gives permission

10 Three, in Italian

11 *Fruity treat often dusted with powdered sugar

12 “This is _ _ a test” 13 Loosen (up)

18 Foxx who voices the

pianist in 39-Across 22 English county on

the North Sea

25 11-Down eater’s

dismayed cry

27 Country singer

Willie

28 Gone fishing, say 29 Dryly humorous

30 *Move that captures two checkers

31 Frolic in the pool 33 “Always Be My Maybe” actress/ writer Wong

34 Bring together

35 Peter, the pickledpepper picker

40 Feature of some

Southern accents 41 Pickle container

45 Threw a tantrum 47 Browns lightly

48 Mayfield of R&B

51 A bit foggy

52 Future atty.’s exam 53 _ _ language

55 Slightly open

57 Sleeveless top, for

short

58 Pretzel shape

59 Stench

60 Pt. of a B’way

address

62 __ chart

64 Mex. neighbor