LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tool that can be a musical instrument
4 Not berthed 8 Designated 14 Confidentiality
contract: Abbr. 15 Spider-Man
co-creator Lee 16 Prophecy source 17 Get-together with
a sketchy vibe? 19 Beam benders 20 Cookie-based
dessert 21 Spanish “those” 22 Salon job
23 Marketer’s blitz
campaign? 28 Affirmative replies 30 General on a
menu
31 Sign of healing 32 __ Cruces, New
Mexico
34 “Yeah, I guess” 36 Pickleball shot 37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day? 40 Mud bath spot 42 Bash who
co-hosts CNN’s
“State of the Union”
43 Mo
44 The Buckeye
State
46 WNBA official 47 A few bucks, say 51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials? 55 Heaps
56 Limo destination 57 Jack up
59 Nut used to make
vegan cheese 62 Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this
puzzle?
63 Understood by
few
64 Despise
65 Org. with seven
teams in Canada 66 “This Is Spinal
Tap” director 67 Lyft competitor 68 Game Boy
batteries
DOWN
1 Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel 2 Like premium
streaming services 3 Communion
rounds
4 Urgent letters 5 Narrow piece 6 Foodie website covering 25 metro areas
7 “__ takers?” 8 Arcade
achievements 9 Bad move
10 Ups the ante 11 Telethon VIPs 12 Blight-stricken tree 13 __ Moines 18 Grapefruit kin 21 Succeed
24 “You can come
out now” 25 Rights advocacy
gp.
26 __ Tomé and
Príncipe 27 Recede 29 Hourglass stuff 33 Draw for some
pictures 35 Contact lens
holders 37 Uttered
38 Hr. for an after
lunch nap, maybe 39 Interval of eight
notes
40 Cry noisily 41 Soup with rice
noodles
45 Anne of Green
Gables, for one 48 “Riverdale”
actress Huffman 49 “Caught redhanded!” 50 Braces (oneself) 52 Nobel-winning chemist Joliot-Curie
53 Process that may
involve PT or OT 54 Roofing option 58 Of all time 59 Subway unit 60 “What __ those?” 61 Bio or chem 62 Moo __ pork