LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sketch show with a musical guest, familiarly 4 Uncovers

9 Dollop

13 Secure (to) 14 South Pacific

island

15 Bert who played

the Cowardly Lion 16 Star-spangled

garb for July 4th 19 Relay race rods 20 Paint shade 21 Not even halfbaked

22 “Catch you later” 26 Taxi prices

28 Ref. work

favoring “favour” 29 Sneaker pattern 30 “Best. Day. __!” 31 Tax return fig. 32 Pharmaceutical

giant __ Lilly 33 Last section of

the 28-Across 34 Activity with Skip and Wild Draw Four cards 36 Round vegetable 39 Goal

40 Pres. after FDR 41 Street

42 Wishing one

hadn’t

45 Poor grade 46 Observes

Ramadan, say 47 Focus of many a

murder podcast 50 Diagnostic scan,

briefly

51 Illegal turn, maybe 52 Inexact lunch hour

55 Secret-teller’s

intro, and an apt title for this puzzle 59 Cut with a beam 60 “Night” author Elie

61 Group’s adjective

62 North Carolina

university town 63 Attach, as a patch 64 Greenpeace, for one

DOWN

1 Short pencil 2 Singer Simone 3 Gave a good

talking-to

4 Low choir voices 5 “With you now” 6 Outer edge 7 Engraved with

acid

8 __ City, Iowa 9 Sandwich known

by its initials 10 Avant-garde violinist and artist Anderson 11 “Yowza” 12 Prepared, as

coffee

14 Outdoor wedding

shelters

17 “Table for one”

type

18 Put down roots 23 Company

emblem

24 Tried to speak

horse

25 __-state area 26 Brimless hat 27 “__ Maria” 31 Plus

32 Pro in an

ambulance 34 Use Goo Gone,

e.g.

35 “Hang on __!” 36 Greek god of the

sea

37 Consume 38 Targeted social

media posts 39 Brian of Roxy

Music

41 Instant noodles

option

42 Sound of distant

thunder 43 Preposterous 44 Rather formal “Can this be true?”

45 Judy Blume novel about a girl with scoliosis 6/6/23 46 “And that’s __” 48 Opinions 49 Cathedral city on

the Seine 53 Self-satisfied 54 Medal recipient 56 “The Mandalorian” actress Ming-na __ 57 Evergreen tree

with pliable wood 58 Spanish bear