LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Page, in a way 5 Weary response to incessant cries of “Look at me, look at me!” 9 Timesheet units 14 __ list

15 Wrestler John who has fulfilled more than 650 Make-A-Wish requests

16 Alt, perhaps

17 At the market,

farmers often __ 19 Hurry along 20 Broth in

Japanese cuisine 21 Place where two sides come together 23 Unwelcome

picnic guests 24 Red Muppet 26 Gear for a grip 28 At the orchard, farmers are often __

34 Turf

35 MiLB level

36 Bit at the bottom

of a tub

37 Sends sprawling 40 Pres. whose library

is in Austin, Texas 42 Oyster layer

43 In dreamland

45 “Don’t __ me

down!”

47 Ate

48 In the field, farmers often specialize in __ 52 Epic tale 53 Composer Jerome 54 “Why not __?” 57 U.S. Pacific island 59 Southern, for one 63 Groupthink?

65 At the state fair,

farmers often __ 67 Familiar plot

device 68 Overhanging part

of a roof

69 New York canal 70 Put up

71 Still 43-Across 72 Acorn, essentially

DOWN

1 Condition that may be treated with SSRIs 2 State that holds quadrennial caucuses 3 Confidentiality docs 4 Garden tunneler 5 Freezer cubes 6 Not always

available 7 Pre-deal payment 8 Pungent

condiment

9 Short hellos 10 Recorded, say 11 Noodle in

Japanese cuisine 12 Really great

comedy act, e.g. 13 Hardens, in a way 18 Cereal partner 22 Part of an order,

perhaps 25 “Mamma __!” 27 Doing business 28 Inferior

29 “Swan Lake” role

for Misty Copeland 30 Overhanging part

of a roof 31 Pepper used in

mole sauce 32 Aired again 33 Iditarod vehicle 34 Attempt 38 Rescue supply

spots 4/18/24 Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved 39 Genesis name 41 “Really uncool,

bro”

44 Simon of the “Mission: Impossible” film series

46 __ kwon do 49 Queasiness 50 Relaxed gait 51 Crawls (along) 54 “Little Women”

woman 55 “Al __ lado del río”: Oscarwinning song by Jorge Drexler 56 Quaint pronoun 58 Literary captain 60 Literary

governess 61 Dijon companion 62 “__ a lift?” 64 Date

66 Make it official, in

a way