L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Reward for giving, perhaps

8 Usually not eligible for tenure, as a professor

15 In sum

16 Heedless of the consequences

17 Dug

18 “The Meyerowitz Stories” co-star

19 Xenomorphs, e.g.

20 Switch positions often

22 Razor handle

23 Uses for snoozes

25 Not lots

27 German article

28 Out of __

29 Range makeup: Abbr.

30 Make official

32 Tandoori bread

33 “Looks to be the case”

35 Safari, say

37 Au naturel

39 Racing Unsers

42 Lectured

43 Mate

44 Flabbergast

46 Sch. with a Phoenix campus

47 “Ashes” (2018) singer

49 Shaky start?

50 Things to pick

52 Like some dramatic refueling

54 Some tech sch. grads

55 Hip

57 2010s TV series that explores hacktivism

59 More than vex

60 Opposite of a scenic route

61 Frames on a diamond

62 Whole number

DOWN

1 Drying agents

2 Standing acclaim, at times

3 Mosaic piece

4 “__ tu”: Verdi aria

5 Pete Seeger wrote a book on how to play fivestring ones

6 Brown in the kitchen

7 Jell-O serving, say

8 Strong core components

9 Fall loosely

10 1, at times: Abbr.

11 Food and Nutrition Service org.

12 Minnesota Wild, for one

13 Mullahs or ministers

14 Very tough boss

21 Deferentially

24 Dancer's boss, informally

26 Cry

29 Irrelevancies

31 Katmandu native

33 “The Chi” airer, briefly

34 Blue

36 Beseeched

37 20th Greek letter

38 Sign with a crossed-out horseshoe-shaped arrow

40 Take a licking

41 “__ Like You”: Adele hit

42 __ Spíritus: Cuban city meaning “Holy Spirit”

44 Polecat relative commonly kept as a pet

45 Team listing

48 Using WhatsApp, say

49 Fire engine feature

51 Highway behemoth

53 Both ways at the start?

56 Man cave, for some

58 World Cup “Way to go!”