LA Times Daily Crossword July 1, 2023 Answers

5. Comedian profiled in "Last Man Standing" 9. Member-owned shop 13. "Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself" org. 14. Abbr. on an ESPN ticker 15. Home country of Olympian Pita Taufatofua 16. Low-alcohol brews 18. Something to gain? 19. Random comments online? 21. TV planet on which people age backward 23. Sydney's st. 26. Was more than superficial 28. Red choice 31. "Sorry, can't make it" 35. "We'll Meet Again" singer Lynn 36. Feed 37. Before, previously 38. Burton of "Reading Rainbow" 39. Profess 40. Finally learns about 42. Kind of filler 44. Maroon 5's "__ Will Be Loved" 45. Service call? 46. Blue choice 49. Many times o'er 51. Unnamed informant 57. Treats, as a winter road 58. Catering production? 59. Healing plants 60. "Make sense?" 61. Some leafcutters 62. Catherine who is one of the six in Broadway's "Six" 63. Fed. IDs 64. Blue-bottled vodka

1. Lean 2. Brand with Blue Lemonade and Blue Vanilla flavors 3. "You __ me!" 4. Lead-in for jet or prop 5. Prepare to scare, with "on" 6. Big name in gaming monitors 7. "Jude the Obscure" author 8. Role for Sudeikis 9. Saves 10. Bona fide 11. Scary figure 12. Picks up a bill, or hands a bill 15. Tantalize 17. Frame 20. Some British parents 23. Battery acronym 24. Show one's face, maybe 25. Medium also known as aquarelle 27. Jane Lynch series 29. Give a skilled delivery 30. Allegorical cards 32. Ben or Jerry, notably 33. 25-Down, e.g. 34. Wit's end? 38. Try to protect, in a way 40. T. Rex rock style 41. "Is that so?" 43. Vast chasm 47. Rises into view 48. Warthog pair 50. Low winds 51. Urgent letters 52. Character voiced by Moira Kelly and Beyoncé 53. Read quickly 54. Putrid 55. Lincoln or Jackson 56. Crafts site