LA Times Daily Crossword May 30, 2022 Answers

1. Dart around like a hummingbird 5. Like 9-Across that has lost its fizz 9. Dark drink with fizz 13. Easier to write neatly on, probably 15. Like tinned sardines 16. Las Vegas WNBA team 17. "Drive Happy" car rental company 18. Harvest 19. School gps. 20. *Mahalia Jackson's genre 23. Poem of praise 24. "Passing" actress Thompson 25. "Friendly" cartoon ghost 27. Abbr. between names 29. *Colorful top with a tropical design 32. Contributor with deep pockets 35. Esteem 36. Layers on tall wedding cakes 37. Orchestra __ 38. Greek storyteller who coined "sour grapes" 42. German steel city 44. Current influence on the weather? 45. *Trial figure who can give a firsthand account 49. "__ Is a Woman": Ariana Grande song 50. Hair gel alternative 51. Joyous song 54. Wrinkly pup 55. Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are 60. Actor Guinness 62. Cathedral section 63. Passion 64. Fork prong 65. Mouse mover 66. Rational believer 67. Stiletto, for one 68. "A __ formality" 69. One-named singer from County Donegal

1. Mark as important 2. "__ & Stitch" 3. Too worked up to relax 4. City between Phoenix and Mesa 5. Like most proms 6. In __ of 7. Word of sorrow 8. "You're so predictable" 9. Mushroom top 10. Sea creatures with eight arms 11. Front-runner 12. Stand up for (oneself) 14. Female deer 21. Aspiring atty.'s exam 22. Unlike most proms 26. High shine 27. To the rear, at sea 28. "Cobra __": Netflix series based on "The Karate Kid" 30. Just like ewe 31. Beret, e.g. 33. Rowing teams 34. Pass that leads to a successful basket 37. Signing-ceremony memento 39. Entered a username, say 40. Singer Yoko 41. Okra unit 43. Breastbone 44. Biblical twin 45. One who feels another's pain 46. "That's not true!" 47. Oregon city on the Willamette 48. Orb 52. "My stars!" 53. Match, as subjects and verbs 56. Alleviate 57. "Don't you __ stop!?" 58. Pinkish 59. Spanish miss: Abbr. 61. Cartoon frame