LA Times Monday, May 12, 2025.

This is a themed puzzle -- see "reveal" clue at 40D ...
Across:
1. U.S. president who wrestled at Yale: TAFT.

5. Reject: SPURN.

10. "How does that __ you?": GRAB.

14. Beaut: LULU.

15. Hebrew prophet: HOSEA.

16. Traditional tales: LORE.

17. "Nerts!": DRAT.

18. Go with the flow: ADAPT.

19. "The Brutalist" actress Laird: EMMA.

20. Not for children: RATED R.

22. "No problem!": I SURE CAN.

24. Paging device: BEEPER.

26. Dee Dee of punk rock: RAMONE.

27. Spike Lee's employer: Abbr.: NYU.

29. __ Bach: fictional "forgotten son" of classical music: PDQ.

30. Droop: SAG.

31. Mediocre, in Gen Z slang: MID.

32. The "T" of SAT: TEST.

34. Stole steers: RUSTLED.

37. "So funny!": HA HA.

38. Lotus-__: EATER.

39. Shopping cart unit: ITEM.

43. Fashion magazine that went digital-only in 2022: IN STYLE.

45. Home of Tulane University, for short: NOLA.  i.e. New Orleans

46. Overwhelming feeling: AWE.

49. "__ it or lose it": USE.

50. Winter hrs. in Las Cruces: MST.

52. Domino dimple: PIP.

53. Mock mercilessly: DERIDE.

55. Unlace, say: LOOSEN.

57. Bestowed upon: HANDED TO.

59. Signify approval of, as a Reddit post: UP VOTE.

62. Foil alternative: EPEE.

63. Alma __: MATER.

65. Slanted type: Abbr.: ITAL.

66. Stephanie's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" role: ROSA.

67. San Diego State athlete: AZTEC.

68. Six years for a U.S. senator, e.g.: TERM.

69. Docs who perform tonsillectomies: ENTS.  "Treebeard" was one! 😊

70. Disappointing turnout: NO ONE.

71. Nile vipers: ASPS.

Down:
1. Abbr. before a summary: TLDR.  Too Long; Didn't Read

2. Mystical glow: AURA.

3. *Neighborhood where the Brooklyn Dodgers played: FLATBUSH.

4. Solo scholar: TUTEE.

5. *ZZ Top hit with the lyric "Silk suit, black tie": SHARP DRESSED MAN.

6. Cacao container: POD.

7. Old Pan Am rival: USAIR.

8. Union agts.: REPS.

9. *Soil, water, or wind, e.g.: NATURAL RESOURCE.

10. Electric toothbrush brand: GLEEM.

11. Date night flick: ROM COM.

12. Italian fashion house: ARMANI.

13. Conked with a curveball: BEANED.

21. Opp. of withdrawal: DEP.  Deposit.

23. Fury: RAGE.

25. Treat as the same: EQUATE.

27. To the __ degree: NTH.

28. Word of support: YEA.

30. Patron of sailors: ST ELMO.

33. Mai __: cocktail: TAI.

35. Foul territory?: STY.

36. Cacophony: DIN.

40. Initial perfume scents, or what can be found in the answers to the starred clues: TOP NOTES.  Note that all the "Notes" start at the TOP of the grid.

41. Yale grad: ELI.

42. Hiker's graphic: MAP.

44. Wearing nothing: NUDE.

46. Stick fast: ADHERE.

47. Clue category: WEAPON.

48. Novelist Hemingway: ERNEST.

51. Amt. that may be "heaping": TSP.

54. Mental flashes: IDEAS.

55. State-run game: LOTTO.

56. Patti LuPone role: EVITA.

58. Brand with an Organic Blonde Tea Latte variety: TAZO.

60. Rain delay cover: TARP.

61. Colonnade trees: ELMS.

64. Poetic nightfall: EEN.

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