LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Outlook

alternative

6 Drum that may

accompany a sitar 11 Little taste

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

mega35 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

14 “America’s Got

69 Took down 70 DOS pt. 71 Practice room

fodder

72 Cider mill fixture

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 Ophthalmolo

gist’s concern

31 Part of the KraDai 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 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