The Union Democrat

THE DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis for the Los Angeles Times By Margi Stevenson

ACROSS

1 Yahtzee cubes 5 Load to bear 9 Includes on an

email

12 Milky white gem 13 Exactly right 15 Barrister’s field 16 *Device that crushes pungent cloves

18 Unlock, in verse 19 Shared values 20 “Tag, __ it!” 22 Puts on

24 *Go swimming in

one’s birthday suit 27 Domino dimple 28 Flexible blackjack

card

30 Letters accompanyi­ng college apps 31 Maker of Calm + Restore skin care products

33 Sheep sound 34 Threesome 38 Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has 41 Wild guess 42 P-like Greek letter 43 Apple Airpod, e.g. 44 Qatari leader 46 __ deco

47 Some coll.

degrees

48 *Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s

52 Olympic sword 54 Vampire teeth 55 Video game

pioneer

57 Tot

58 *Very little,

informally 64 “World of Dance”

judge, to fans 65 Make a minister 66 Constellat­ion bear 67 << on a remote:

Abbr.

68 Rapper Lil Uzi __ 69 Yellowston­e

grazers

DOWN

1 “Best in Show”

animal

2 Hoppy brew

letters

3 Sedan, e.g. 4 Astronaut Ochoa who was the first Latina in space 5 Stand against 6 Scandinavi­an language, to its speakers

7 Native people of

Colorado 8 Distress call

9 Sun block?

10 __ pants: warmweathe­r wear 11 Use a broom 13 PTA meeting

place

14 “Bye Bye Bye”

boy band 17 “Hard pass” 21 Bivalve in a bed 22 Golfer’s gouge 23 Rossini

compositio­n 25 Tehran’s land 26 Less of a mess 27 Bear hands 29 Journalist Katie who guest-hosted “Jeopardy!” in 2021

32 Actress Anita of

“La Dolce Vita”

33 Sci. course 35 Yeshiva leader 36 Occupied 37 Betting numbers 39 Drive-__ window 40 Trash-talking

types

45 Bungle

46 Writing movement rooted in internet culture

48 Jackie O’s son

49 Selassie of

Ethiopia

50 Fund 51 Storm-tracking aid 53 Arouse, as interest 56 Author Rand 59 Hip-hop producer

Gotti

60 1950s political

monogram 61 Bookmarked link 62 Invite (to)

63 Prof’s assistants

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