LA Times Daily Crossword April 12, 2024 Answers

1. __ test 5. Oft-poached pear 9. With 9-Down, Thanksgiving dessert 14. Arm bone 15. Bar mixer 16. Fuming 17. Some baby shower honorees 18. *Big moth 20. "Da 5 Bloods" actor Whitlock Jr. 22. Cookbook writer Garten 23. Choose 24. *Theater debt 29. "Makes sense" 30. False front? 33. ETA provider 36. Parker products 38. Made in Taiwan, say 40. "It was even funnier at the time," or a hint to making the starred clues match their answers 44. Cantaloupe, e.g. 45. Close in anger 46. August hrs. 47. Beach city where Barbie's Dreamhouse is available for short-term rentals 50. Historic times 52. *Frozen state 57. Toward the stern 60. Spacewalk initials 61. Title with a tilde 62. *Title bot 67. Falafel bread 68. Fountain drinks 69. Char on a grill 70. "For real?" 71. Setting for much of "The Mummy" franchise 72. Like a chimney sweep's clothes, maybe 73. Wall St. index

1. Component of self-guided museum tours 2. Necklace fastener 3. Nonstudio flick 4. Fiji competitor 5. Secretly include, in a way 6. "I'm impressed!" 7. Done in, as a dragon 8. Opposite of dogbane? 9. See 9-Across 10. Add salt instead of sugar, say 11. Baja resort, familiarly 12. Perched on 13. "What else ya got?" 19. Price points? 21. __ Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15 25. Require 26. Gallant guy 27. Products of thermal imaging 28. Derriere 31. Faded out 32. Sculler's tools 33. Muscle building? 34. Ada Limón work 35. Toni Morrison's second novel 37. "Help us!" letters 39. __ zero emissions 41. Colorful Hindu festival 42. "Sacre __!" 43. Countess counterpart 48. Emmy-winning Ali Wong series 49. Certain travel doc. 51. Attempt to mediate 53. Batting practice sites 54. Harmony 55. Flatbreads made with atta flour 56. Wipe clean 57. Recess on a Catholic school campus? 58. Mesopotamian symbol of fertility 59. Neat 63. Cook in the microwave 64. Rough fig. 65. "Shows you!" 66. Attempt