LA Times Daily Crossword March 18, 2026 Answers

1. Tend the garden 5. Wound covers 10. Spanish 23-Across 14. Sicilian volcano 15. Crème de __ 16. Superstar 17. Savoir faire 18. "Just Mercy" actor __ Jackson Jr. 19. Unhip type 20. *Some fruity sandwich spreads 23. Lad 25. Pod unit 26. Bother a lot 27. *Criticize harshly 32. WSW opposite 33. Informal "but" 34. Hawthorne Heights music genre 35. Cold War initials 36. *Long-handled, long-toothed combs 40. Throw out a line 43. Number of orbits around the sun Neptune has completed since its discovery 44. Beer ingredient 48. Not cool 49. *Hollow floaties 52. Carne option 54. Middle-earth denizen 55. __ of luxury 56. Stirs emotions, or how a guitarist might interpret the ends of the answers to the starred clues? 61. Hardy title character 62. Dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt 63. "Why the heck not" hashtag 66. Actor Stoltz 67. Potpourri piece 68. "The Celts" singer 69. City near Tahoe 70. Shape of some cocktail picks 71. Hunt for

1. Burrito option 2. Landing hr. 3. Secure, as 4-Down, perhaps 4. Facts and figures 5. Checks (out) in advance 6. "Rock the __": hit song for The Clash 7. Hurt 8. Boxer Max 9. Take to the sky 10. Big name in small appliances 11. Conceptualizes 12. Conquerors of England in 1066 13. Golden-ager 21. Parody 22. "Absolutely!" 23. Honeylove purchase 24. Substance in the Hanukkah miracle 28. Yonder thing 29. Deter 30. Queen's record label 31. Grumpy friend 35. Like most Facebook Marketplace items 37. Piglet pal 38. Subject of the song "Oh Yoko!" 39. Former capital of Japan 40. Bar mat 41. Spartan 42. Leads the cast of 45. "Ta-da!" 46. Lighthouse view 47. Abbr. on a measuring spoon 49. Intl. cricket powerhouse 50. Drink of the gods 51. Waiting for a representative, say 53. __ fries: poutine kin 57. Comedian Mike of "The Upshaws" 58. Boatload 59. Part of an insurance bundle 60. Marbled loaves 64. Soap chemical 65. Barrel wood