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