LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Deep fissure 6 “Permission to Dance” K-pop band
9 Tiny bit of matter 13 Baffling question 14 Tear to bits
16 Gift wrapper’s
adhesive 17 Physical therapy,
informally 18 Opera solo
19 Hits the slopes 20 *Vegetable tops used in soups and stews 23 Promos
26 Skin care brand with a Retinol Correxion line 27 Chin beard 28 *Comedian who hosted “Full Frontal” 32 Strange
33 Door openers 34 Pop, as a bubble 36 Stuffing herb 37 Outstanding bills 39 “Pronto!” letters 43 Motif
45 Dried chili in mole
sauces
46 Lively Irish dance 49 *“Quite the slump
there, huh?” 52 Infuriate
54 Inn divs.
55 Got together 56 Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue?
60 News story intro, in journalism jargon
61 Hailed vehicle 62 “Swell!”
66 __ of expertise 67 Skidded 68 Typical film
festival entry 69 Disinfectant target
70 Uber driver’s
guess, for short 71 Folklore brutes
DOWN
1 Lifeguard’s lifesaving skill: Abbr. 2 Long-handled
garden tool 3 Marshmallow
roast residue 4 Stock exchange
membership 5 Owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant on “The Simpsons”
6 Tree limb 7 Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” 8 Scissors sound 9 Hopelessly lost 10 Develop a
fondness for 11 Expressed a view 12 Fiddled (with) 15 Sharp knives 21 Decompose 22 Some reddish
deer
23 Requests 24 “SNL” alum
Carvey
25 Air quality
concern
29 Aid and __ 30 Monastic
headquarters 31 “However ... ” 35 Zest 37 Takes down 38 “Unbelievable”
rock band 40 Swindle 41 World-weary sigh 42 Ada Limón, e.g. 44 Monopolizes 45 Hall of “Coming 2
America” 46 Fatigue after a
long flight 47 Vague reply to
“Where are you?” 48 Teacher, during
exam week 50 Tater Tots maker 51 MLB official 53 Starting squad 57 Cabbagelike
vegetable 58 Offramp
59 Circle
63 POTUS on a
dime
64 Attach (to) 65 “Count me in!”