L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Disappearing sounds

6 Bridge support

11 __ rule

14 Principle

15 Arrived at a dock,

perhaps, with “to”

16 Bars often scanned, for short

17 Alternative medicine treatment

19 Masters figure

20 “Where are you?”

response, perhaps

21 Staple of African food

22 Poet Gorman who read at President Biden's inauguration

25 Publicity packages

29 Puts up a fight

31 Tijuana titles

32 FEMA supplies

33 High-end Apple line

36 “Night on Bald Mountain” inspiration

42 Arrive, as clouds

43 Take in a heist

45 Market in advance

49 Stuffy

52 Perspicacious

55 “¿Cuánto __?”: “How much is it?”

56 More than listen

57 Lengthy account

59 “Washington Week” airer

60 Order served with toothpicks ... and what each of the other four longest answers is?

66 English __

67 Phillips 66 brand

68 Former first daughter

69 Exobiology subj.

70 Holds up

71 “Battlestar Galactica” enemy

DOWN

1 School support gp.

2 Poetic adverb

3 Tokyo's Yoko

4 Like “The Handmaid's Tale,” to many critics (but not to the author)

5 Arena section

6 Squirt

7 Less cooked

8 Thurman of

“Batman & Robin”

9 “Yo, what's new?”

10 Word with glass or ware

11 Worker with a host family

12 Helen's homeland

13 To the opposite side of

15 Pop duo __ & Him

18 Unnamed object

21 Ring ref's decision

22 Hoops three-point line, e.g.

23 “Where's my Fancy Feast?”

24 Bubbly brand

26 Land bordering los Pirineos

27 Belgrade native

28 Classist type

30 Foul

34 Silent speech syst.

35 CBS series with multiple

spin-offs

37 First Nations tribe

38 Doughnut __

39 Common dumpster spot

40 Ring sites

41 Entertain

44 Airport safety org.

45 Folks

46 Peter or Jessica

47 Expels

48 Calculating

50 “Leave it to me”

51 '80s hip-hop pioneers

53 Macaroni type

54 Brake parts

58 Yin/yang principle

60 Loops in, briefly

61 Texter's chuckle

62 One in Mexico

63 Far less than 100%

64 AFL partner

65 Solo of “Star Wars”