East Bay Times

Today's crossword

- By Wendy L. Brandes

ACROSS

1 Went 60 in a 30, say

5 Expression of anger, maybe 9 Deli device

14 __ stick

15 Double agent

16 Sense of __

17 Has a contagious smile, say

20 Whitlock Jr. of “Cocaine Bear”

21 Seal Beach’s location, informally

22 Self-care destinatio­n

23 Gym top

24 Prefix with Pen

26 Italian bubbly

28 Parties like there’s no tomorrow

34 Feature of some kaleidosco­pes

35 Google Maps suggestion

36 Resting on

39 Mary Roach book subtitled “The Curious Life of Human Cadavers”

42 “Good going!”

43 Keep from expiring

45 R&B singer Braxton

47 Gets ready for action

51 Enjoy

52 Spanish “that”

53 __-Ida Tater Tots

56 Get older

59 Airport postings

61 Turkey neighbor

63 Remodeling projects, or a tongue-in-cheek title for this puzzle

66 Nepali or Laotian

67 Country singer McCann

68 Bird house

69 “Dunno” gesture

70 Social sci. major

71 Auth. unknown

DOWN

1 Gymnastics move

2 Equanimity

3 Like challah, compared to white bread

4 Qatar’s capital

5 Texting tech

6 Worst

7 Dog food brand

8 Willow, to the Biden family

9 Bus stop fixture

10 Hostile dog

11 Famous __ cookies

12 Coaster feature

13 Bombeck who said, “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it”

18 Nonbinary possessive

19 Word with tag or mark

25 Trident-shaped letters

27 Like a big dog named Tiny

29 Attraction

30 Singer Patti who wrote the memoir “Just Kids”

31 Arles aye

32 How homeopathi­c remedies are sold, for short

33 Shipping charge

36 Path of a threepoint­er

37 Contact no.

38 Small number

40 Climb El Capitan without ropes, say

41 Crazes

44 Putting pen to paper

46 Come to an end

48 Milk choice

49 The Pantheon, e.g.

50 Like kimchi

54 Drummer Starr

55 Consumed

56 Cries of clarity

57 “Oh, golly”

58 Gulf States title

60 Writer/illustrato­r Carle

62 Party song title spelled out with gestures

64 __ Claire, Wisconsin

65 Moving vehicle

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