L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Loving murmur
4 Generic dog name
8 Short __: pancake
orders
14 *Like birdies and
eagles
16 “Trs chic!”
17 Pride and joy
18 Snapped
19 Perfect Sleeper
company
20 Short race, for short
22 Even one
23 *Expert in community development
27 Nonkosher
sandwich, briefly
30 Distress call
31 Baseball Hall of
Famer Sandberg
32 Folk wisdom
34 Feel poorly
36 Paul of “Breaking
Bad”
40 *Publisher of
scholarly journals
44 Make a dance club
version, say
45 Animal park
46 “Note to _ _ ... “
47 Swarm (with)
50 Montero Lamar Hill,
_ _ Lil Nas X
52 Almost empty
53 *India’s most
populous state 58 “No seats” sign
59 “Moonstruck” Oscar
winner
60 Madeline Miller novel about an “Odyssey” witch
64 Bluster
66 Monopoly space
with a police officer
69 “Despite that ... “
70 Presumptuous newcomers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have
71 Begin to blush
72 Greek vowels
73 Private _ _
DOWN
1 Sticks for pool sharks
2 “I’ll pay for dinner”
3 Off-putting smell
4 Franciscan brothers
5 Nasdaq debut
6 “SNL” alum Aykroyd
7 Director Welles
8 Only
9 Recharged, in a way
10 Racers Unser Jr. and
Unser Sr.
11 Board game with the tagline “Trade Build Settle”
12 Kevin of “Dave”
13 Goat-legged deity
15 Legendary rebuke
21 Broadcaster with
pledge drives 24 Tusked beast
25 Flaws and all
26 Zeros in on
27 Become hazy
28 Unaccompanied
29 Add lace to, e.g.
33 Musical set in
Buenos Aires
35 Claiborne of fashion
37 React to a shock
38 Home of the Norwegian Military Academy
39 Warning that might
prevent a click
41 Work out
42 Bumpy-skinned
amphibian
43 Joining device
48 “You’ve Got Mail”
writer/director Nora
49 GI’s field ration
51 Fancy neckwear
53 Theater guide
54 Treasure stash
55 Schlepped
56 Squabble
57 Daughter, in Spanish
61 Hardly ubiquitous
62 Selma or Salem
63 Instead
65 “Is there more?”
67 Make a call
68 Agcy. that X-rays
shoes