The Florida Times-Union

LA 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