L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1History

5 Dreamcast maker

9 Blessing preceder

14 “__, Brute?”

15 God attended by Valkyries

16Intact

17 Instagram video

18 Compact _ _

19 Like some seals

20 Melt down in response to some trash talk?

23Refill

24 Costa del _ _

25 AED pro

28 Copy cats?

30 Noisy bird

33 Colorado’s _ _ Verde National Park

36 Talent for sliding into someone’s DMs?

39 Haim of “Licorice Pizza”

41 Zodiac lion

42 _ _-garde

43 Little cat with a beachy vibe?

46Peepers

47Connect

48 “Star Wars” family name of Han and Ben

50 Bentley of “Yellowstone”

51 Substance that lacks refinement?

54Benchmarks

57 Business retreat, and an apt title for this puzzle?

62 Language of Iran

64 Exam with a max score of 180

65 Sunburn salve

66 _ _ beverage

67Entice

68 Mario __: game with a Rainbow Road

69 Captcha target

70Itches

71 Docs who insert tympanostomy tubes

DOWN

1 BOLO target

2 Patronized, as a restaurant

3 Shorthand pro

4 Dutch market craze of the late 1630s

5 Soft drink

6 Address plot holes, perhaps

7 General ideas

8 Dried poblano

9Amazed

10 Milky spiced tea

11Tomfoolery

12 La Liga cheer

13 Ref. work that once employed J.R.R. Tolkien

21 Snooker stick

22 Long-lived trees

26 Eeyore creator

27Challenges

29 Go limp

31 Pseudonym indicator

32“Ish”

33 Noisy bird

34Thrill

35 Element of a margarita pedicure

37 Aquarium scoop

38 “So It _ _ ... “: song on Taylor Swift’s “Reputation”

40 “For the love of all things dog” org.

44 Eatery with a “Happy Face” combo on the kids menu

45 “Don’t change a thing”

49 “Mambo No. 5” singer Bega

52Comeback

53Follow

55 “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” novelist Kundera

56 Stifled laugh

58 Norse city name that can be translated as “meadow of the gods”

59 Fly catcher?

60 Crocheter’s supply

61Understands

62 Way off

63Fuss