L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 O on a stand, say 6 “Pokémon: The Series” genre

11 Ceremonial exchange 15 “The Nightmare Room” series author

16 Misses without exception 17 Dirty work?

18 Scuba diver's destination 19 Paramount paramour? 21 Sandwich title?

22 Watches kids

23 Sit tight

24 Greek goddess carrying a pick?

26 Applies with force, as brakes

29 Jelly bean-munching president

30 Color gradation

31 Modest acknowledgment 32 Wolverine relative

35 In the cooler

36 Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers

40 Some satellites

41 Back up anew

42 European wine area 43 Mend, perhaps 44 iHeartRADIO fare 49 Inventor's cry of success 51 Online scammer's tool? 53 Jones of film, familiarly 54 Motley

55 Real estate unit 56 Dispensers of horse pills? 59 Bop on the bean

60 Bulb in a balloon?

61 Boffo Moffo performances

62 “No more for me”

63 Cap'n's mate

64 Stroke in a parlor

65 Boxing family

DOWN

1 Start of an oath

2 Attack from above 3 __ Nevada: brewery 4 Clear, as a drain 5 Reaction to a mouse 6 Anticipate

7 “A Walk in the Woods” actor

8 Rowdy rug rats 9 “I couldn't care less” 10 Facilitate

11 Early Apple audio player 12 Made at home

13 Mineral source

14 __-Caps: candy

20 Coastal inlet 22 Tendon

25 Occurs to, with “on” 26 Early antibiotic

27 Fictional flesh-eaters 28 TV's “Science Guy”

30 Sly chuckles

33 Buenos __

34 Crock-Pot dish 35 First-year law students 36 Nutter Butter Cereal maker

37 Starts without a key 38 True-blue teamster, say 39 Dumpty-shaped

40 English R&B singer

Ella __

43 Overhead stadium equipment

45 Greg's sitcom wife

46 To be safe

47 More spooky 48 Angioplasty implants

50 Nutritional no.

51 Greek breads 52 “Steppenwolf” author 54 Greek letters

56 Little lie

57 It may be about nothing 58 401(k) relative, briefly 59 Food collector, at times