L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Split apart
7 Spit take sound
11 PC accessories
15 Disquietude
16 Atmosphere
17 Stench
18 Some notes
19 Athlete making a living in alleys
21 Do some characterbuilding?
23 Is stunned
24 Professional who calls the shots
30 Stores up
31 Kung __ chicken
32 Screen type
35 Some WNBA fouls
36 Coffee Meets Bagel alternative
38 “I knew it!”
39 __ mode
40 Professional whose website might have a contact page?
43 Leslie's love on “Parks and Rec”
44 Vietnamese New Year
45 Robs of hobnobbing
46 Had the guts
48 Polished off
49 Tabletop game with campaigns, for short 50 Overpraise
52 Met someone?
55 Post-workout afflictions
58 “Allahu __”
59 Basic structure, or what a 19-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across do?
63 Silenced
67 Part
68 Cut covered with a Bluey bandage, e.g.
69 Tool for cutting spearing holes
70 Nocturnal hunters
71 Spidey's traps
72 Calm
DOWN
1 Questionable, for short
2 Granite State sch.
3 Largest U.S. union
4 Poet Mahmoud who wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence
5 Hot shots?
6 Dwell
7 Post production
8 Husky's hair
9 To opposite
10 Letters before Q?
11 Shed occupant
12 Inactive
13 “I May Destroy You” star Michaela
14 Goofs
20 Gold, in Spanish
22 Poetic contraction
24 Half a “Lion King” phrase
25 Denver dish
26 Leave empty
27 Big-budget flicks
28 “My turn next?”
29 Praetor's wrap
32 Rodent in a study
33 Orange puff
34 Common allergen
36 Member of the thirdlargest religious group
37 Marathon need
41 Advanced degs.
42 Use a fork, say
47 Taken aback
50 “Cathy” cry
51 W.E.B. who wrote “The Souls of Black Folk”
52 Group chat fodder
53 Employ
54 Has as a salary
55 Prefix with pessimist or Panamanian
56 Bird that can make tools
57 College building
60 “Impressive!”
61 “You __ me!”
62 Tease 64 Powerhouse of women's soccer
65 Bit of ink
66 One who might have a ram beau