L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Octopus octet
5 Unmoored
9 “Ready or not, here
_ _!”
14 Potting soil base
15 Melodious cadence
16 Opera star Callas
17 Anti-cruelty org.
18 Reporters who cover the multiple-recalls beat?
20 Country star
Haggard
22 In a clingy way
23 Championship match for competitive waitstaff?
26 “Breaking Bad” law
org.
27 Flounder and Scuttle’s friend 28 “Yikes” 29 Beanie Babies, Tamagotchi, etc.
30 The Masters gp.
31 Kept in a barrel
33 “Knives Out” actress
de Armas
35 Party where sparks
really fly?
40 General on a Chinese
takeout menu
41 Stylish
42 Understand
44 Blanchett of “Thor: Ragnarok”
47 _ _ culpa
48Soaring apex predator 50 Actress Longoria
51 Zero-star review that goes fully scorched earth?
54 “Dinner!”
56 Meted (out)
57 Professional
purveyor of gossip?
60 Conceited
62 Finalize, as a comic
strip
63 Hindu festival
64 Desire
65 Nickels and dimes
66 Bookbinder’s tools
67 Mushroom part
DOWN
1 Oft-shared restaurant
order, informally
2 Surface again
3 Relevant
4 Treat a fever, per
dubious folk wisdom
5 “Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Debbie
6 “Sprechen _ _
Deutsch?”
7 Blight-stricken tree
species
8 Many, many
9 Urge
10 Penalize in soccer
11 Tater Tots maker
12 Hoodwinked
13 GPA-boosting
classes
19 Fresh 21 Purple blossoms
23 Tree product
24 Movie trailer?
25 Dress design options
29 Once-common
office fixture
32 Classic Pontiac
33 Bordeaux buddy
34 _ _ Creed: church
recitation
36 Avignon summer
37 Catch up, maybe
38 Parmigiana choice
39 Second cousin, e.g.
43 Big _ _ Conference
44 Like the Irish
language
45 Maker of Positively Radiant skin care products
46 Japanese food prep method that translates to “pounded”
47 Green tea ice cream
ingredient
49 Mezcal plants
51 Harness straps
52 Nondairy milk
53 Elba of “Thor:
Ragnarok”
55 Rotate
58 “No matter _ _ you
slice it ... “
59 Tetris shape
61 Queens team, in box
scores