LA Times Daily Crossword March 26, 2022 Answers

1. Scholarly titles, briefly 4. Certain cephalopods 10. Spaghetti strap top 14. "Please tell me that didn't happen!" 16. Rights activist Clooney 17. Banishing acts 18. Choice 19. Strategically placed whoopee cushion, say 20. Waters down 22. Canine greeting 23. About half the weight of an average car 26. Request for a distraction 28. Flower plot 29. Vulgar 32. Hightail it 33. King nicknamed "Longshanks" 35. Pro fighter 36. Cyborg detective of TV and film 40. Formal denial 41. Email attention-getters 42. Shim, for example 44. Slant 45. Saw from behind? 48. Most charged 50. "Take a chill pill" 52. Include 53. Popular tech service 56. Goddess credited in a Milky Way origin account 57. Stat in standings 59. Smallest Central American country 62. Job under the hood 63. Ones who see what you mean 64. "Come Sail Away" rock band 65. Applies, as flattery 66. Nanjiani's "The Lovebirds" co-star

1. Going platinum, maybe 2. "Hunger" memoirist __ Gay 3. Ate dinner 4. Massage therapist's supply 5. Vinyl successors 6. Buffoon 7. Cry from one who knows the answer 8. Near-the-deadline response, at times 9. "Whatevs" 10. Farm country avian cry 11. "You don't doubt me, do you?" 12. Husky cousin 13. Doorbell response 15. Song one can't perform? 21. Dept. in a "Law & Order" spin-off 24. Shoppe name word 25. It can be faked with air freshener 27. "My heavens!" 30. Power measure 31. Refuse 33. "Paradise Lost" et al. 34. __ coffee 36. Puts on the hard drive 37. Left in disgust or fear, slangily 38. Is ready to act 39. Oscar winner Paquin 43. Brain scan inits. 45. Garden tool 46. Northern sky sight 47. Minimalist 49. Shire of "Rocky" 51. Herring type 54. Road game 55. Metallica drummer Ulrich 58. Census checkbox 60. Cancer follower 61. Soccer mom's usual ride