LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pose a question
4 “__! Humbug!”
7 Word before brow or blow
10 Cal. neighbor
13 1950s prez
14 “My mind is blown!”
16 Guinea pig or teacup pig
17 Permanent patrons
20 “Say cheese!”
21 In vitro cells
22 Impressive spread
23 Line at zero degrees longitude
26 Ray gun sound
27 Green vegetable in samosas
28 Nightclub
32 Uses a buddy system
36 “Beef” Emmy winner Wong
37 Florida home of the Ernest Hemingway House
39 Con’s opposite
40 Text status
42 Avocado center
43 Iced dessert
44 Drastic actions
49 Hummus ingredient
50 Entirely
51 “I’ll say it again,” and what 17-, 23-, and 44-Across literally do?
55 Raised, as livestock
57 Poker declaration
58 Bits of advice
61 Glissade garb
62 Valparaíso’s country
63 Sandwich cookie
64 Mourn, maybe
65 Shoe bottoms
66 Rip apart
DOWN
1 Isn’t 100%
2 Pinch pennies
3 Fermented milk drink
4 Evidence of a vampire attack
5 French friend
6 Shoutout to a parent
7 Quarterback Jackson who was the NFL’s MVP in 2019 and 2023
8 Carry a balance
9 Cry at the end of a long road trip
10 “The Phantom of the __”
11 Aired again
12 Crafts website
15 “Scream” star Campbell
18 Schuyler sister who married Alexander Hamilton
19 Prickly shrub
24 Fencing blade
25 Some hoppy brews, briefly
28 “Insert this” symbol
29 Name often said in a smart home
30 Winter Olympian with a rifle
31 Do some screen writing?
32 Tennis great Sampras
33 Attachment on the back of a Jeep
34 “Did I do that?” TV nerd
35 Sonnets, odes, and the like
38 “Buena Vista Social Club” director Wenders
41 Evaporated
43 Art collection custodian
45 Tonsillitis doc
46 Copies
47 Genius Bar computers
48 Bring legal action against
52 Sound that rebounds
53 Banister
54 French fashion magazine
55 “Just so you know” shorthand
56 Deeply regret
59 Bic product
60 Landscaping roll