Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Most massive of all known elementary particles 9 Storage spot 15 Place frequented by John Jasper in Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
16 Bird of baseball 17 Aptly named heavy-footed bird
18 Wow
19 High school gp. 20 Areas of interest 22 Night sch. staple 23 Twelve __:
neighbor of Tara 25 Pre-fax
communication 26 One who isn’t a
pro
27 Repeated phrase
in Ecclesiastes 29 Nile reptile 30 Body part 31 Stood for 33 2000s “SNL”
alum
35 Eastern way 36 Game console with a Mini version
37 Where many have gone on vacation
41 __ zoo
45 Get going 46 Pickup hr. 48 Mexican title 49 Animal house 50 Polynesian
people
52 Value
53 Take
responsibility for 54 California city mentioned after Kingman in the song “Route 66” 56 “Yo!” 57 Aficionados’ creations that may infringe on copyrights, for short 59 Oscillating curve 61 Cactus spine
source
62 Takes advantage
of 63 Persian king 64 Hiker’s shelter
DOWN
1 Steinbeck
protagonist
2 Run
3 Game item made of cow leather, actually 4 In the capacity of 5 Ballpark figures 6 Take
responsibility for 7 Lucille Ball, e.g. 8 Gets down, in a
way
9 Scrolls
successor 10 Prominent
periods
11 Tina’s “30 Rock”
role
12 Cough syrup
alternative 13 Home Run Derby competitor 14 Unsteady 21 Counts while
working out 24 Overwhelm 26 Decision maker 28 Online biz 30 Skips 32 Extended period 34 Amaze 37 U.K.-based personal organizer brand 38 “That comes as
no surprise” 39 Fidget __
40 First or second,
say
41 Bach work 42 Confused 43 “Nice try!” 44 Most dreary, in
Dublin 47 Anybody’s guess 50 Medieval clubs 51 Like the Jefferson Memorial’s columns 54 Nastiness
55 Old TV host with
an accordion 58 Kit maker 60 Quick thinking