LA Times Daily Crossword July 25, 2022 Answers

1. Lifetime pals, briefly 5. Periodontist's concern 9. Brand of facial tissue 14. Sign on for more service 15. Indiana neighbor 16. Facing the pitcher 17. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Samberg 18. Decomposes 19. Milk seller 20. Hale and hearty 23. Taken care of 24. Play-__: kids' clay 25. That girl 28. Pixie 29. Native of Pre-Columbian Peru 32. Reacted to a surprise, perhaps 34. Muscles worked by crunches 36. "Any time now!" 38. __ and for all 40. African country on the Gulf of Guinea 41. "If all __ fails ... " 42. Gathering spot for thirsty animals 44. NCO below sgt. 45. "You're not alone in that" 46. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil, familiarly 48. Pair 51. Gift for music 52. Hunted for fossils, say 54. Mixed nuts nut 56. "What have we here?" and 20-, 36-, and 42-Across 59. Strictly forbidden 62. Very small bit 63. Great Plains natives 64. Distant and cool 65. Lacking color 66. Sit for a spell 67. Employees 68. Long, wriggly swimmers 69. Satisfies the munchies

1. Slow-cook in a closed pot 2. Bulb with an aniselike flavor 3. Exaggeration allowance in estimates 4. Watch secretly 5. "If You Could Read My Mind" singer Lightfoot 6. "This looks bad!" 7. Teeny plant pest 8. "Such a pity" 9. Noodle dish topped with crushed peanuts 10. Six-sided state 11. "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" org. 12. Distant 13. Pen with a trough 21. __ Spunkmeyer: cookie brand 22. Boston airport 25. Share juicy gossip 26. Farm cluckers 27. Microsoft's web browser 30. Breezy goodbye 31. Stroll along 33. Escalator part 35. Borscht base 37. Nagging troubles 38. Cut covered by a Snoopy bandage, e.g. 39. Zilch 40. Grave-robbing demon 43. Departed into the sunset, say 44. West Virginia natural resource 47. Tech training sites 49. "The other team clobbered us" 50. Big-eyed nestlings 53. Coast 55. Used cusswords 56. Husky's "Hello" 57. Had on 58. "And some other people" abbr. 59. Prof. helpers 60. __-country music 61. Constricting snake