LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Octopus octet 5 Unmoored 9 “Ready or not,

here __!” 14 Potting soil base 15 Melodious

cadence

16 Opera star Callas 17 Anti-cruelty org. 18 Reporters who cover the multiplerecalls beat? 20 Country star

Haggard

22 In a clingy way 23 Championship match for competitive waitstaff? 26 “Breaking Bad”

law org. 27 Flounder and

Scuttle’s friend

28 “Yikes”

29 Beanie Babies,

Tamagotchi, etc. 30 The Masters gp. 31 Kept in a barrel 33 “Knives Out”

actress de Armas 35 Party where

sparks really fly? 40 General on a Chinese takeout menu

41 Stylish 42 Understand 44 Blanchett of

“Thor: Ragnarok” 47 __ culpa 48 Soaring apex

predator 50 Actress Longoria 51 Zero-star review that goes fully scorched earth? 54 “Dinner!”

56 Meted (out) 57 Professional purveyor of gossip? 60 Conceited 62 Finalize, as a

comic strip 63 Hindu festival 64 Desire

65 Nickels and dimes 66 Bookbinder’s

tools 67 Mushroom part

DOWN

1 Oft-shared restaurant order, informally 2 Surface again 3 Relevant

4 Treat a fever, per dubious folk wisdom

5 “Grey’s Anatomy” executive producer Debbie 6 “Sprechen __

Deutsch?” 7 Blight-stricken

tree species 8 Many, many 9 Urge

10 Penalize in soccer 11 Tater Tots maker 12 Hoodwinked 13 GPA-boosting

classes

19 Fresh

21 Purple blossoms 23 Tree product 24 Movie trailer? 25 Dress design

options 29 Once-common

office fixture 32 Classic Pontiac 33 Bordeaux buddy 34 __ Creed: church

recitation 36 Avignon summer 37 Catch up, maybe 38 Parmigiana

choice 39 Second cousin,

e.g.

43 Big __

Conference 44 Like the Irish

language 45 Maker of Positively Radiant skin care products 46 Japanese food prep method that translates to “pounded” 47 Green tea ice

cream ingredient 49 Mezcal plants 51 Harness straps 52 Nondairy milk 53 Elba of “Thor:

Ragnarok” 55 Rotate

58 “No matter __

you slice it ... ” 59 Tetris shape 61 Queens team, in

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