LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Speck released
by fluffing cushions 5 Outfit
10 Phishing, e.g. 14 Talk Like a Pirate
Day greeting 15 Friend in Oaxaca
16 Silicon Valley’s
__ Alto
17 “Go,” to a driver 19 NBA and WNBA 20 Tile floor covering 21 Sworn statement 22 Go nuts for 24 Classic video
game maker 26 Insurance company whose slogan begins “Like a good neighbor” 29 Garden shovel 31 Easily reached, in
a way 32 Scattergories game piece with 20 sides 33 Frozen treats in
Roma
36 Serum container 37 Trip of a lifetime 41 Hosted, for short 42 Basketball venues 43 Med. condition featured in the novel “Turtles All the Way Down” 44 “Bien sûr” 46 Garden statue
with a pointy hat 49 Boost for a hockey team after a penalty 53 Disappear, as a
puddle 55 Time-saving
options for bakers 56 Post re-rereshared on social media
58 Sign of B’way
success
59 __ golf
60 People who share a living space, and what both parts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across can be? 63 Blackjack cards 64 Fertile spots in a
desert
65 See 40-Down 66 Furtive “Hey!” 67 Length of hair 68 Leave a mark
DOWN
1 Lava, while
underground 2 “Darn it!”
3 Keep a beat,
digitally?
4 Organ on a dollar
bill
5 Charity ball, say 6 Sends out
7 Like an inflated blood pressure cuff
8 “Yuck!”
9 Shepherd’s pie
topper
10 Parody 11 Dashboard
feature
12 Native of Africa’s
largest country 13 Calendar divs.
18 “I’m stumped”
23 __ point: condensation temperature 25 Ranted and raved 27 Wonderland
visitor 28 Filmmaker Brooks 30 Street in a horror
franchise
34 To no __:
unsuccessfully 35 Sticky stuff 36 Ski helmet part 37 Batman publisher 38 Merlot, Malbec, Montepulciano, etc.
39 “The Ice Storm”
director Lee 40 With 65-Across, two-person vehicle
41 Bucket partner 44 Smelter input 45 Conclusion
4/30/24
47 Occult
practitioner 48 “Aha!”
50 Live
51 Bring on a smile 52 Some RSVPs 54 Tough question 57 Clutter 59 Geography class
display
61 Canoeist’s need 62 Crunched
muscles