L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Angelic auras
6 Crass
11 Stat for Shohei Ohtani
14 Organic building material
15 A park in a busy city, for
some
16 Musical acuity
17 *Alternative sentencing
option
19 Bitter brew, briefly
20 Comedy show host
21 General vibe
22 “Fiddlesticks!”
25 *Love for hot rods and
drive-in movies
29 Like Bono, Branagh, and
Brosnan
31 “Praise be!”
32 Starting hr. for some
34 Cry of regret
35 “Chandelier” singer
38 *Former name of
30-Down
41 Cathedral city near
Cambridge
42 Penne __ vodka
43 Indian lutes
44 Italian farewell
45 Spooky
46 *Wayyy past irate
52 “__ we forget”
53 Ride-hailing app
54 San Antonio mission
56 Document a new region
57 “You're not alone,” and what the first word in the answer to each starred clue can do
63 Little devil
64 Supplement
65 New Brunswick neighbor
66 24 hours
67 Southwest plateaus
68 Pop star John
DOWN
1 “A likely story!”
2 Flap
3 Bud's partner in classic
comedy
4 Overly preoccupied
(with)
5 Appear to be
6 Jazz composer Chick
7 Not as easily found
8 “__ your head!”
9 Talk smack about
10 “C'__ la vie!”
11 Phonics lesson quintet
12 Humidifier output
13 B-, for example
18 N.C. State's athletic gp.
21 Topography abbr.
22 Quickly hose off
23 Basic font
24 Having a thin, metallic
sound
26 Southwest Colombian
city
27 Amherst sch.
28 WNBA legend Lisa
30 State whose official individual sport is surfing
33 Center of Italy's fashion
industry
34 Cry of recognition
35 Capture
36 “Hijack” star Elba
37 Item of value
39 Problem that a snake
might solve
40 Supported growers in
one's community
44 Lifesaving letters
46 Muggy
47 Only U.S. president born
in 30-Down
48 Full of vigor
49 Tropical ray
50 Midrange voices
51 “Well, lah-di-__!”
55 Video that's suddenly
everywhere, say
57 Scanner problem
58 Celebratory verse
59 Confirms someone's age,
for short
60 Blazing
61 __, dos, tres
62 Actor Kingsley