LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Eucalyptus eater 6 “Oh, come on!” 11 Chutzpah

15 Baltimore’s __

Harbor

16 Like baggy pants 17 Off-broadway

award

18 *Whisky with ice,

say

21 Mailed 22 Molecule part 23 Wild West search

parties

24 Ballpark fig. 26 Rubella spot,

familiarly 28 *Course for a first-year student, maybe

32 Sunny spot for a

potted plant 36 Monopoly cube 37 P-like Greek letter 38 Sunblock letters

40 The Bee __:

“Saturday Night Fever” group 41 Fretting 43 Tastefully stylish 45 Pixar clownfish

46 Hi-__ monitor

48 Dot or rom

follower

49 Untruth

50 Tiling job supply 52 *Decathlete who throws a metal ball

55 [Is this microphone working?]

57 Tire inflation

abbr. 58 Vietnamese

sandwich 61 Donburi grain

63 Black-eyed __

67 Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues 70 Fiery volcanic

output

71 Top-tier 72 Educator

Montessori

73 Caesar’s “vidi”

74 Sport with clay

targets

75 Nudges

DOWN

1 Foil-wrapped

Hershey’s

chocolate

2 __ and for all

3 Mystery writer,

briefly?

4 Pen pal product 5 Curved shape

6 “The __

thickens!” 7 California wine

valley

8 Chaotic yet appealing person

9 Blonde shade 10 Cries

11 Slangy zero 12 Pre-k basics 13 Take a shine to

14 __ is more

19 Actress Teri 20 Breadbasket item 25 Arrange by color,

say 27 Characteristic 28 Naming names,

briefly

29 Bay Area NFLER 30 Spanish “I love

you”

31 Most shameful 33 Gave out, as

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34 Wish-granter in 56 Colorado’s __

Aladdin’s lamp Peak

35 Perfume 58 Indonesian island

compound 59 “I got it!” cries 39 Went belly-up 60 __ Scotia

42 Lefty 62 Tech news site 44 Kangaroo Island 64 Continental

birds currency 47 Marker brand 65 Surrounded by 51 Scottish hats 66 Mani-pedi spots 53 Morphine, for one 68 Category 54 Container near a 69 Band’s sound

cash register booster