L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Percolate
5 After, in Avignon
10 Texting format initials
13 Tiniest bit
14 Flexible
15 __ it on thick
16 *Sound made by bursting a cereal bag?
18 Ancient
19 Fix, in a way
20 Tags on Insta, say
21 __ song
22 California home of the National Yo-yo Museum
24 “Us” director Jordan
25 Sales talk
29 *24-hour TV marathon that requires glasses?
31 “Brave New World” drug
32 __-ray
33 Rooibos, for one
34 With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make?
36 See 34-Across
40 University extension
41 Baseball's Mattingly
42 Sound reflection
43 *Many fan letters to N.W.A.?
47 Spot of land
48 Some vines
49 Bailey's Irish __
51 Give for a time
52 Means to be cooler
53 Irrigates
58 Gerund suffix
59 *Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed?
61 Take advice from a personal injury lawyer, perhaps
62 Submits taxes sans paper
63 Anti-fur gp.
64 Them alternative
65 Make big bangs?
66 Percolate
DOWN
1 Compact __
2 Wrangler's need
3 Shipped pair?
4 Walk to and fro
5 Tide shelfmate
6 Detective voiced by Ryan Reynolds
7 Kite, for one
8 Father of Kenan
9 Gas additive brand
10 Got ready to stop
11 UNESCO'S __ Fund for Girls' Right to Education
12 “Finding Nemo” city
14 Well-worn trail
17 Move slowly
21 Gets ready for surgery
23 “__ cost ya!”
24 Hammer end
25 Penultimate Greek letter
26 F-, e.g.
27 “I'm covering my ears now!”
28 Like some retro frames
30 School near Heathrow
32 Scarecrow creator
35 __ of March
36 Natalie with nine Grammys
37 Knee pt.
38 Marxist Guevara
39 Tyke
41 Oktoberfest outfits
43 Billie who is the youngest woman to win two Oscars
44 Way, or means
45 Snappy put-down
46 National park on Mount Desert Island
47 Apple with a few cores
50 Stupefies
52 Revolutionary era pipe
54 Baking amts.
55 Foil alternative
56 Give a star, maybe
57 Lose it
59 Crossed
60 Greta of “The Morning Show”