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 cards
34 Wish-granter in Aladdin’s lamp
35 Perfume compound
39 Went belly-up
42 Lefty
44 Kangaroo Island birds
47 Marker brand
51 Scottish hats
53 Morphine, for one
54 Container near a cash register
56 Colorado’s __ Peak
58 Indonesian island
59 “I got it!” cries
60 __ Scotia
62 Tech news site
64 Continental currency
65 Surrounded by
66 Mani-pedi spots
68 Category
69 Band’s sound booster