L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Credit's opposite
6 Like many an irate text
12 Marjoram kin
15 Bright flowers native to Mexico
17 Came from behind
18 Do some video game design, say
19 On the topic of
20 Quick meeting?
22 Freak out
23 In need of a map
25 “Copacabana” showgirl
27 Southernmost Canadian prov.
28 Couple
30 Lima's country
32 Geico's business: Abbr.
34 Gp. that boosts military morale
35 “Auld __ Syne”
36 Newspaper bigwig
40 Coca-Cola alternative
42 Act immorally
44 Aircraft banned in Washington, D.C.
45 Like a knockoff purse
47 “Bye-bye!”
49 Gp. that boosts school morale
50 Agcy. that X-rays bags
51 October birthstone
52 Jazz genre
53 Detectives like Veronica Mars, for short
56 Light brown shade
58 Land formation on “The Road Runner Show”
60 Bit of monkey business
62 “__ girl!”
64 Column to the left of a decimal point
67 Outerwear that may have anchors on its buttons
69 Country band named for its home state
71 Group artistically, as flowers
72 Backs off
73 Took care of
74 Rubbish
DOWN
1 Bilingual cartoon explorer
2 Chapters of history
3 Features of dress slacks
4 Yeti alternative in the cooler aisle
5 Mai __: rum drink
6 Western state with a panhandle
7 Grandma, to some
8 Disney pair who live in a big oak tree
9 __ mater
10 Chopin's instrument
11 Glossy fabric
13 AriZona rival
14 Respectful poem
16 Religious splinter group
21 Fight to the finish
24 Blink of an eye
26 Falsehood
28 Hoodwink
29 App downloader
31 Hosp. caretakers
33 Knight's title
37 Head honcho, and a hint to the first word of 3-, 8-, 21-, or 24-Down
38 “I'm __ your tricks!”
39 Harvest
41 Took a chair
43 Short sleep
46 Efron of “The Greatest Showman”
48 Husk-steamed Mexican dish
53 Bear with a too-big chair
54 Not active
55 Look steadily (at)
57 Gave stars to, say
59 Quite serious
61 Volunteer's words
63 Driveway goo
65 Life-saving pros
66 Merit badge holder
68 Grow older
70 PC space bar neighbor