LA Times Daily Crossword November 2, 2022 Answers

1. Flash __: impromptu gatherings 5. Chew like a squirrel 9. Pretzel topping 13. Pentathlete's sword 14. Low opera voice 15. Joshua __ National Park 16. Swell 17. "Your work is awesome!" 19. Overstep boundaries, perhaps 21. Civil rights activist Baker 22. Beverage brewed in a chawan 23. "The Bone Garden" novelist Gerritsen 25. City that hosts the State Fair of Texas 29. Fifth of a nickel 31. Round of applause 33. Aggravate 34. "I'll handle this" 36. __-Free: contact lens solution 37. By way of 38. Fact-checker's catch 39. Leave stunned 40. Troubled to no end 42. Thanos, to the Avengers 43. Those, in Spanish 45. "Say cheese!" 46. QB stats 47. Org. fighting for LGBTQ rights 48. Garlic's covering 49. Emphatic agreement 51. Washed-out 53. Go out for a bit? 56. Light in signs 58. Text from a glum chum 60. Gala celebrating the Academy Awards 64. Heavy burden 65. Like ground chicken 66. Dubai dignitaries 67. Fully aware of 68. Palm fruit 69. Promotional sample 70. Turns blue, maybe

1. Deserve 2. Offer one's two cents 3. Academy Award category 4. One with a crystal ball 5. Go and Go Fish 6. Org. that uses cryptanalysis 7. Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame 8. "__ that be nice!" 9. Real bargain 10. Bark 11. Field for grazing 12. Value of a Q tile, in Scrabble 14. Bathroom fixture 18. "Great to find that out" 20. Eclectic online digest 24. Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters 26. Au pair 27. Sans serif typeface 28. Go rollerblading 30. Music genre that spawned screamo 32. Donkey Kong, e.g. 34. Southpaw 35. Wear down 39. Yahoo! alternative 41. "Spare us the details!": Abbr. 44. Served, as ice cream 48. Brings down the house 50. Plain silly 52. Four-footed Jetson 54. Like a 30-degree angle 55. Guadalajara cash 57. January or June 59. Something to chew on 60. Like antiques 61. Zooplankton's habitat 62. Litter box visitor 63. Hoop's outer edge