LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Outlook alternative

6 Drum that may accompany a sitar 11 Little taste 14 “America’s

Got Talent” judge Klum

15 Like this answer 17 Texter’s “Didn’t need to hear that” 18 Forward-looking aesthetic of Janelle Monáe and “Black Panther”

20 Siamang or orangutan

21 Trivial complaint 22 Streetcar 23 Speak while flustered, say 25 Singer India.__ 27 Home of the Big 12’s Cyclones 29 Military incursions

30 Part of the digestive system 34 Mega- times mega

35 Passing comment? 36 “Illmatic” rapper 37 Job requirement for some visa holders 42 Dashboard prefix with meter

44 Repeat role for Keanu Reeves

45 Hair removal brand

48 Plant-based remedies, e.g.

53 Tell time?

54 Big suit?

55 Gets one’s hands on

57 “Dig in, all!” 60 Tux rental occasion

62 “Anyone can see that”

63 Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco 64 Post-workout nourishment, and a hint to what can be found in each set of circled letters

67 Start to bake? 68 Single hair 69 Took down 70 DOS pt. 71 Practice room fodder

DOWN

1 Accra’s land

2 “I’ll start!”

3 TV slot

4 Sworn statement?

5 Use gym weights 6 Japanese mat 7 Keen judgment 8 “So cold!”

9 Lane near Kent? 10 Aide, for short 11 Energizer Bunny’s asset

12 Gets in the way of

13 Yacht spots 16 Dapper

19 River dividing Eurasia

24 Keep up 26 Far-toomemorable songs

28

Ophthalmologist’s concern

31 Part of the Kra-Dai language family

32 Always, in verse 33 “Veep” actor Richardson 38 Molecule preceded by m-, r-, or t

39 Kenan’s “Good Burger 2” co-star 40 Apple or pear 41 Close of business?

42 Candy bar with an exclamation point 43 Pantheon group 46 Out of it 47 Censures 49 Checkout sounds

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50 Use up

51 Put down 52 Tapped pic 53 Shows appreciation

56 Loses, as hair 58 Museo del Prado contents

59 Material for a suit

61 “Sticker shock” no.

65 Letter after sigma 66 Laugh syllable