L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pleads
5 Clear as day
10 Brunch side
14 “Lunch __ a Skyscraper”: iconic New York photograph
15 Trip to see Africa's
“Big Five”
16 Capital city with public
transit ferries
17 Undercover undertaking
20 Owns
21 __ Lingus
22 As of now
23 Toy that may get
stuck in a tree
25 Sweater pattern
28 Fully __ nachos
30 Apt rhyme for tear
31 Lovers' quarrel
35 Garden shelter
36 Winter getaway deal
38 “Wild” card game
39 4-Down sigh
41 Country north
of Kenya: Abbr.
42 Unlikely to reprimand
43 Meet, Maps, and
Drive, e.g.
47 “Don't cry for me” singer
49 Web content std.
50 Tizzies
51 Soaks in a salt solution
52 “Even still ... “ 54 “So I __”
55 Infinitesimally small
58 Things put in to power?
59 Wheelbarrow groove
62 Bend over backward, or what each set of circled letters is
67 Novelist Rice
68 Vehicles with pedal assist
69 All over the place
70 Fridge incursion
71 Folder contents
72 Top diving scores
DOWN
1 Swinging soiree
2 Gospel icon James
3 Makes a big noise
4 Relaxation
station
5 Judy Garland
co-star Bert
6 Mysterious sight
in the sky
7 Tube top?
8 Intense anger
9 “Traitor!”
10 Choose a spot
in an open office
11 Most populous continent
12 Gumball machine
opening
13 Make sharp
15 Camel in a caravan,
maybe 18 Like some job moves
19 Early web portal
24 Eager reply to “Who
wants this cookie?”
25 Uncomfy, casually
26 Hiking gear
rental co.
27 Stops and stares
28 Guffaw
29 “I take it back”
32 Race car or kayak
33 Banded gemstone
34 Home state of Beyoncé
and Megan Thee Stallion
36 Suspicious
37 Think of fondly
40 Captain cook?
44 Rented a yurt, maybe
45 “The Bells” poet
46 Hollywood hrs.
48 Strive (for)
51 Slight depression,
with “the”
53 Tiny issue
55 Cracked just a bit
56 Mackerel relative
57 Potent prefix
58 Life times?
60 Wish __ a star
61 Tuts
63 Squeeze play stat
64 Menorah liquid
65 “Aloha `Oe” instrument,
briefly
66 Granola grain