LA Times Daily Crossword February 23, 2024 Answers

1. Tries out 6. Nosegay 10. Pod whose cross sections are pentagonal 14. Skip a syllable or two 15. Until 16. "Stay" singer Lisa 17. __ Cup: PGA Tour prize 18. Pollinator who can't fly? 20. Middle of dinner? 21. Perfect 23. "Island of the Blue Dolphins" novelist Scott 24. Parents in the Hundred Acre Wood? 27. Joie de vivre 28. Emo 32. Storage furniture 34. Prize money 37. Sphere in old referee whistles 38. A pop 39. Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-, 47-, and 58-Across? 40. Otter kin 41. Durango day 42. Apt rhyme for "freeze" 43. Well-mannered blokes 44. Goofs in proofs 46. Tromp 47. Product of Shenandoah Valley shepherds? 53. Bird in a bevy 56. Hot spots 57. Signal 58. Experimental soft cheese? 60. Glossy material 62. 55-Down, properly 63. Like most whiskey 64. Heart Eyes or OK Hand 65. Fancy spread 66. Fool (with) 67. Wrap sheet

1. Schedule for later 2. Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne 3. Many a sedan 4. Amit Majmudar's "__ to a Drone" 5. People's superlative 6. Sound of the Northwest 7. O icon 8. Took second, say 9. Second person 10. One whose trick-learning years are behind them 11. "The Mamba Mentality: How I Play" writer Bryant 12. Rod and __ 13. Cain's brother 19. Nary a soul 22. "Spring forward" letters 25. Quick meeting? 26. Tough talk? 29. Damage control pro 30. High-stakes shelter 31. Shaggy beasts 32. Relinquish 33. 31-Down abundance 34. Pump letters 35. Lays aisle-mate 36. Bass output 39. "__ the Turtle": University of Maryland catchphrase 40. "I would like some more catnip, please" 42. Bootlegger's vessel 43. Visual aids 45. Really take off 46. Blame (on) 48. Canyon 49. Campus climbers 50. Focus of Maslow's hierarchy 51. Message board? 52. Red Square honoree 53. Sample collector, maybe 54. __ Major 55. 62-Across, improperly 59. "Bang!" 61. Org. for OBs