LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Address letters 5 Skyrocket 9 Old-timey “OMG!” 13 “Fancy seeing

you here!” 14 Disgraced energy

firm

16 Zigzagged

17 Ring loudly

18 Do not disturb 19 Barbara who

played a TV genie 20 Trip, as an alarm 22 Cry of pain 24 Goblin kin 25 Simple earrings 27 Number of players

in a chess game 28 Cry from a crib 29 Say further 31 Problems picky

people pick 33 Outstanding 35 Word after film

and before cut 37 Energy option involving roof panels

39 Branch out (from) 41 Steep-walled

formation

42 Move at a snail’s

pace

43 Personal charisma 44 “College GameDay” network

45 “That makes my

blood boil!” 46 Word to opt out of a text subscription 47 Ab-crunching

exercise

49 Many a retired

racehorse 51 Snicker syllable 52 PC panic key 53 Org. for Twins 55 Poke fun at

57 “I knew it!”

58 Spot to fish from 60 Stands too close

to

63 Cries noisily 65 “Super cool!” 67 Quite urgent 68 App with crowdsourced reviews 69 Diamond flaw? 70 Neck of the

woods 71 Cruising, say 72 __ money:

startup funds 73 Stitched together

DOWN

1 Short flights 2 “Beautiful Mistakes” rapper Megan __ Stallion

3 *“You should be

ashamed!”

4 Flight school

graduate

5 *Ability to show

restraint 6 Undivided 7 Pseudosophisticated 8 High-tech worker 9 Farm female 10 Remain uncertain until the very end, and what the answers to the starred clues do? 11 Everyman

12 Judi who plays Queen Victoria in “Mrs Brown” and “Victoria & Abdul” 15 *Recent entry in

Guinness, say 21 Amusing

23 Blue

26 Seattle’s WNBA

team

29 Highest point 30 Formal footwear 32 Shuts with a bang 34 Philosophies,

informally 36 Have a yen for 38 Look for

40 Have the blues 48 Ballpark figure? 50 Musician’s gift

52 GPA booster 54 Stout and porter 56 Cola and ginger

ale

59 Red in the center 61 Did some

doodling

62 Actor Gunn who plays Kraglin in the MCU

64 Hot tub 66 Stubbing victim

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Crisis of confidence? The sun’s clash with Chiron pokes at a deep-seeded wound.

Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 23). Afraid to let others get too close? The sun’s clash with asteroid Chiron forces you to consider

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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.