L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS 1

4

Fiat or Ferrari Greek letter after

alpha

8 Horrified

14 “Should I take that

as _ _?”

15 Lead off

16 Focus of a historic New Orleans museum

17 Cold War gp.

18 One in a snuggly pair

20 Marry in secret

22 Arrive at

23 Office fund for odds

and ends

25 Ties up at a pier

30 Grammy-winning

Grande

31 Soccer great Long or basketball great Quigley

32 Military advisory gp.

33 Ultimate

37 Duane __: NYC

drugstore chain

38 See 34-Down

42 Sovereign

44 Caustic cleaners

45 Loan application ID

48 Clog-busting brand

49 Sheepish “Good

point”

52 Picture book?

53 Insignificant

weakness

56 Cobra pose, e.g. 58 Area with trees

59 Without much

warning, with “on”

64 Game console with

a Mii Parade

65 Culture of cuteness,

in Japan

66 Bad to the bone

67 French word that indicates a name change

68 Bug

69 Legit

70 Prom gp.

DOWN

1 Piece of bakeware

2 Some folks who fish

3 Place where engineers can do some machine learning?

4 Anne who was the

mother of Elizabeth I

5 Prefix with gram

6 Aquarium fish

7 Initial bets

8 “Sans” opposite

9 Dad-blasted

10 Move like a bunny

11 Hubbub

12 “Hamilton” Tony

nominee Phillipa

13 Load

19 “Well, _ _-di-dah!”

21 Sch. group

24 Summon

26 Cassini of couture

27 Some attentionseeking

students

28 Tease

29 “Understand?”

34 With 36-Down and 38-Across, Blink-182 hit song, and a description of four long answers in this puzzle

35 Farm pen

36 See 34-Down

39 List of options

40 Fragrant

41 Analogy words

42 Suggested intake,

on some labels

43 Clickable link

46 Less reputable

47 Musical with the songs “Carrying the Banner” and “The World Will Know”

50 “Animal Farm”

writer George

51 Blurry craft in

53tabloid pics Eponym of a Chinese tunic suit

54 Bury

55 Easily duped

57 Sour mood

59 Winter runner

60 _ _ Solo of “The

Force Awakens”

61 Cries of pain

62 Singer Carly _ _

Jepsen

63 Hush-hush org.