The Columbus Dispatch

LA TIMES CROSSWORD

- By Rebecca Goldstein

ACROSS

1 Nile reptile 4 Woodworkin­g tool 8 School year 13 “Knock, knock”

response starter 15 Crooner Paul 16 Put a cap on 17 Commuter option

19 State one’s views

20 Union member? 21 Total disorder 23 “__ whiz!” 24 Attempt 25 Hawaiian dish

with skipjack tuna 27 “Good Will

Hunting” univ.

29 Ahmed of “The

Night Of”

31 “If I were __ ... ” 32 “Time’s Arrow”

novelist Martin

34 Guns, as an

engine

37 Mandarin greeting

41 Dumped

unceremoni­ously 44 Pitch perfect 45 Potatoes, in South

Asian cuisine 46 “Twittering

Machine” artist

Paul

47 Snakelike fish

49 TD’S six

51 Mary __

cosmetics

52 Cloverleaf

segment

57 Rx writers 59 Movie night room

60 Woodwind for

Elaine Douvas

61 Enticing scents 64 Spy collection 66 Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across 68 After-bath wrap 69 Not all 70 Sparkling wine

region

71 Makes out, in

Manchester 72 Affirmativ­e votes 73 QVC alternativ­e

DOWN

1 Puncturing tools

2 Model in a bottle

3 Toy with a handlebar and a big spring 4 Unique person 5 Political commentato­r

Navarro

6 Cut corners 7 Hunter-gatherer

diet

8 Reason to say

“Whew!”

9 Carmex target

10 Buddy in

Barcelona

11 Muscular power

12 Stainless __ 14 Closed

18 Figure in Russian

history 22 Chicago WNBA

team

26 Lincoln competitor 27 Shark name that

comes from Maori 28 “Let’s do it!”

30 Actress Catherine

__-Jones 33 Shooting sport

35 Abbreviati­on on a

TV remote 36 Intersecti­on sign 38 Angry shout from

a green Avenger

39 Locale

40 Follow orders

42 Exasperate­d

expression­s 3/6/23 ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

43 Much-anticipate­d 55 Overgrown, in a

nights out way

48 Scientist’s 56 Black tea grade

workplace 58 __ América: 50 Aching internatio­nal 52 Changes the football

narrative? tournament 53 Noble gas 62 __ and crafts whose name 63 Largest organ in comes from the human body the Greek for 65 Brain scan “strange” letters

54 Split evenly 67 Reddit Q&A

3/6/23

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