L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Competition prize

6 “Sistas” and “Being Mary Jane” cable channel

9 Toaster, often

14 Like Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis

15 Former boxer Laila who wrote “Food for Life”

16 Ancient Greek physician

17 *Helmet part

19 Pick at the polls

20 In __: as found

21 Tate Modern collection

22 Taj Mahal location

23 *Diamond protectors

28 Chip raw material

30 Hosp. areas

31 Half a cocktail

32 Neat as __

33 Artist Yoko

34 Scuttlebutt

35 *Unlikely roles for mimes

39 Pol. units until 1991

40 “The Sign” pop group __ of Base

41 Start to commute?

42 Previously

43 Polished off

44 Sign usually seen at night

46 *Crustacean catchers

49 Teases

50 Golfer Poulter or Woosnam

51 Hybrid Jamaican fruit

55 Pickling solution

57 Nursery rhyme guy whose last name inspired the answers to starred clues?

59 Gulps down

60 Boat on a 40-day mission

61 Clinton running mate

62 Halley's __

63 Grill fuel

64 Ski resort that shares its name with a tree

DOWN

1 Brits' raincoats

2 Pre-college, briefly

3 “Stop stalling!”

4 Recurring payments

5 Article in Elle France

6 Spanish district

7 Get a big grin out of

8 Money left on the table

9 Expels

10 Former first daughter

11 Proof of legal ownership

12 Continental trade gp.

13 Sinus doc

18 1920s chief justice

22 __ in the bucket

24 Grammy

25 Word with Beach or Island

26 Grammatically analyzed

27 Convene

28 One way to earn $200

29 Cause of disgrace

33 Number of Eagles' Super Bowl wins

34 Play the part of in costume

36 Beckinsale and Winslet

37 Bakery employee

38 Resting on

39 Cantina condiment

43 Ideally

44 Finally spills the beans

45 Slender

47 Burn a bit

48 Crown

52 Golf lesson subject

53 Country road

54 Hwy. through San Antonio and Houston

55 Email option, briefly

56 Pi follower

57 Beemer rival

58 Reggae kin