LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Percolate
5 After, in Avignon 10 Texting format
initials
13 Tiniest bit 14 Flexible
15 __ it on thick 16 *Sound made by bursting a cereal bag?
18 Ancient
19 Fix, in a way 20 Tags on Insta, say 21 __ song 22 California home of the National Yo-Yo Museum 24 “Us” director
Jordan
25 Sales talk 29 *24-hour TV marathon that requires glasses? 31 “Brave New
World” drug 32 __-ray 33 Rooibos, for one 34 With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? 36 See 34-Across 40 University
extension
41 Baseball’s
Mattingly 42 Sound reflection 43 *Many fan letters
to N.W.A.? 47 Spot of land 48 Some vines
49 Bailey’s Irish __
51 Give for a time 52 Means to be
cooler
53 Irrigates 58 Gerund suffix 59 *Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed? 61 Take advice from a personal injury lawyer, perhaps 62 Submits taxes
sans paper 63 Anti-fur gp. 64 Them alternative 65 Make big bangs? 66 Percolate
DOWN
1 Compact __
2 Wrangler’s need
3 Shipped pair? 4 Walk to and fro 5 Tide shelfmate 6 Detective voiced by Ryan Reynolds
7 Kite, for one 8 Father of Kenan 9 Gas additive
brand
10 Got ready to stop
11 UNESCO’s __
Fund for
Girls’ Right to
Education 12 “Finding Nemo”
city
14 Well-worn trail 17 Move slowly 21 Gets ready for
surgery
23 “__ cost ya!” 24 Hammer end 25 Penultimate
Greek letter
26 F-, e.g.
27 “I’m covering my
ears now!”
28 Like some retro
frames
30 School near
Heathrow 32 Scarecrow creator 35 __ of March 36 Natalie with nine
Grammys 37 Knee pt. 38 Marxist Guevara 39 Tyke 41 Oktoberfest outfits 43 Billie who is the youngest woman to win two Oscars
44 Way, or means 45 Snappy put-down 46 National park on Mount Desert Island 5/10/24 47 Apple with a few
cores
50 Stupefies 52 Revolutionary era
pipe
54 Baking amts. 55 Foil alternative 56 Give a star,
maybe
57 Lose it 59 Crossed
60 Greta of “The
Morning Show”