LA Times Daily Crossword April 8, 2024 Answers

1. Have an ugly cry 5. Fly through the air 9. Barked 14. Eight, in Spanish 15. Give a darn 16. "__!" ... "Polo!" 17. Curtain holder in a bathroom 19. Situation with a player at first, say 20. Peaceful 21. Commercial lead-in to "bnb" 23. Gaelic speaker 24. French fashion initials 25. Purple flower with a fuzzy patch 28. Country singer Loretta 29. Scotch's partner 30. Naked 33. Stomp on the gas 36. Govt. intel org. 39. "We're almost there!," and what can be said about 17-, 25-, 51-, and 64-Across? 43. Unnaturally pale 44. Construct 45. Film spool 46. Root vegetable in Nigerian cuisine 48. Lawn tool 51. Orange marker in a construction zone 55. Work on a quilt 58. Wild canine 59. "Dance the Night" singer __ Lipa 60. Like some albums 62. Show host 64. Student at the top of the honor roll 66. Jump back, say 67. Sheet of paper 68. Hatchling's home 69. Cities with harbors 70. Post-blizzard blanket 71. __ and crafts

1. Like an overbearing older sibling 2. Is sore 3. Pattern of spirals on a fingerprint 4. Actor Rob of "Parks and Recreation" 5. Bug keeper-outer on a window 6. Rowboat rower 7. Noisy, as a crowd 8. Fixed up again 9. "Yo te __" 10. Putrid 11. Allowed to roam, as chickens 12. Gut bacteria 13. Heading on a list of actions to avoid 18. Phonetic term often associated with they/them pronouns 22. Sticky tree secretion 26. "The Hate U Give" writer Thomas 27. Connect the __ 28. Big name in jeans 30. Short "While I'm thinking of it ... " 31. Exclamation of understanding 32. Vehicle picked up at an airport, maybe 34. Golden State sch. 35. The "N" of TNT 37. "__ Persisted": children's book by Chelsea Clinton 38. Ga. capital 40. Maker of squishy darts 41. Humanlike robot 42. Anger 47. Move emotionally 49. Composer Lloyd Webber 50. Save 51. Little troublemaker 52. Juliet's partner 53. Zodiac transition points 54. Board game that dropped "The Settlers of" from its name 55. "Terrific!" 56. Are 57. Swollen marks 61. Name that means "moon" 63. UFO pilots 65. Back in time