THE DAILY CROSSWORD
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis for the Los Angeles Times
ACROSS
1 Range across eight European countries
5 Plays the kazoo,
say
9 Pet also called a
rainbow fish 14 Look at
15 Best
17 Really loud 18 “You are
something __!” 19 “New Miserable Experience” pop band
21 Yelp user, e.g. 23 Actor Hemsworth 24 “Pagoda Fruit”
artist Jean 25 Pepper named for its resemblance to a tam-o’-shanter 29 UPS alternative 31 Bangs on the
head?
32 Annual awards 34 NNW opposite 36 Soda brand that turned 125 in 2023
40 Ranted and __ 41 “Now you’re talking!,” and what can be said about the starts of 19-, 25-, 52-, and 63-Across 44 Boscs and
Bartletts
45 Book list entry 46 San Jose
Earthquakes org. 47 Some mattresses 49 Pond organism 51 Variety
52 Role for Jason Derulo in 2019’s “Cats”
59 “More info soon”
letters 61 Facetime
alternative 62 Drum kit
component 63 British desserts
similar to cannoli 67 Actress __
Rachel Wood 68 Yogurt-based dip 69 Microwave feature 70 French head 71 Made a choice 72 “Arrivederci!”
73 Sluggish
DOWN
1 Swears up and
down
2 Purple hue 3 Herbaceous
sauce
4 Honey
5 Biker’s ride 6 Singular prefix 7 __ Park, California 8 Join the game as
a replacement 9 5-Down fuel 10 Major in
astronomy? 11 Pitiable person 12 Printed handouts 13 Jr. and sr. 16 Scheme
20 Sign of things to
come
22 Classic TV brand 26 Hula Hoop
movers
27 “Ted Lasso” actor
Goldstein
28 Pop singer Amos 30 Psychopharmacology initials 33 Objects that
attract iron filings 34 Good memory,
metaphorically
35 Nickname given to Nemo by the Tank Gang
37 __ Beta Kappa 38 Cohesive group 39 Imam’s faith 42 Russian ruler, once 43 Attack with water
balloons, say 44 Inflation letters 48 __ Sheep: Peppa
Pig’s best friend 50 Gloomy guy
53 More than half 54 Elixir
55 Savory flavor 56 Judge’s hammer 57 Muse of poetry 58 Sign up for
another season 60 Two chips, say 63 Certain sib 64 Papa 65 Wasabi-coated
snack
66 Sellout letters