LA Times Daily Crossword May 18, 2023 Answers

1. Possesses 4. Participate in the gig economy, say 8. Hornet's defense 13. Moody genre 14. Added to the staff 16. Youngest Kardashian sister 17. Legged it 18. *Pronoun for a spokesperson 20. Missouri's __ Mountains 22. Land by the sea 23. *Decorative touch made with a small paintbrush, e.g. 26. Text incessantly 30. Mexico's national flower 31. Upscale cosmetics chain 33. Boyos 35. Time capsule object 36. *What "we are living in," per a Madonna hit song 41. Head-scratcher 42. Polite title 43. "You free?" 46. Universal basic __ 50. Symbol on the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant cooling towers 51. *Wraps at a spa 54. Skin and bones 56. Not satisfied 57. Substances that never mix, except in the answers to the starred clues? 62. Egg cells 63. Word with number or time 64. "Cats" poet 65. Cartoonist Sorensen who was the first woman to win the Herblock Prize 66. "Nothing gets past me" 67. Cravings 68. Stuff in a pen

1. Judean king 2. Gobsmacked 3. Handel bars? 4. "Mr. Brightside" band 5. Holiday on which it's forbidden to fast, familiarly 6. Picture of health? 7. Place to buy fish 8. Gear for Mikaela Shiffrin 9. "She's the one!" 10. Not well 11. "And make it snappy" 12. "Huh!" 15. Some portals 19. Lawn tool 21. Cheer syllable 24. "I don't believe you!" 25. Silicon __: Israel's counterpart to California's Silicon Valley 27. Opinion survey 28. Parched 29. Cheese partner 32. Where teens are treated like royalty? 34. Richardson of "The Afterparty" 36. Academic 37. Concerning 38. Bughouse chess, but not classic chess 39. Hibernation spot 40. Crave 41. Org. with carts and drivers 44. Barak of Israel 45. "Let us!" 47. __ goal: bit of self-sabotage 48. iOS personal avatar 49. Gridiron number 52. European boot? 53. Wasn't fresh, in a way 55. Fresh 57. Nail polish brand 58. Bug 59. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" songwriter __-Manuel Miranda 60. Connection 61. Geological span