L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 First lady Biden

5 Homeopathic treatment

for bruises

11 “Say that's true ... “

15 On a cruise

16 Couple

17 “Mon __!”

18 *Easy order for a

bartender

20 Rare blood type, briefly

21 B'way passes

22 Blasting material

23 “Oh, brother!”

24 “It __ meant to be”

27 *The place to be,

informally

29 “Invisible Man” novelist

31 Galoot

32 Bygone airline

33 Online journal

34 __ Eats

37 “Happy now?”

39 Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues

43 Up to, in ads

44 U2 lead singer

45 Mall event

48 Overly

51 Tattle (on)

53 Early stage 55 *Toast choice

59 Paul of “Bewitched”

60 Some map dots

61 College domain

62 Playpen party

63 Lee with a posthumous cameo in “Avengers: Endgame”

64 *”Is it almost time for

dinner?”

69 Tattled (on)

70 In demand

71 Fragrant herb

72 Mani-pedi spots

73 “What a shame”

74 Fig or olive

DOWN

1 Moose __, Saskatchewan

2 “Give or take”

3 Floral wreath

4 Yesterday evening

5 Climber's goal

6 Blu-__ Disc

7 Closer's inning

8 Adler called “the woman”

by Sherlock Holmes

9 Dos y dos

10 Suitable

11 “__ on it”: “You can be

sure”

12 Best

13 Experience schoolyard

highs and lows?

14 Should, informally 19 Hobby shop buys

23 Liu who plays the title

role in 2020's “Mulan”

24 Organic flytrap

25 More than most

26 Boring

27 Sparks org.

28 Singer Sheena

30 Ban

35 Tidal movement

36 Joey of kiddie lit

38 Final thoughts?

40 Buenos __

41 Hand or foot

42 “Mental Illness” Grammy

winner Aimee

46 HDTV choice

47 __ shadow

48 Unexpected endings

49 “I'm blushing!”

50 “Fancy!”

52 Southern California chain known for pastrami

54 Tidal movement

56 Lets use for now

57 Ideal places

58 Some matriarchs

62 “Meet the Press”

moderator Chuck

64 1910s conflict, for short

65 Narc's org.

66 Unit of corn

67 Get on in years

68 Simple shirt