LA. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Terrible reviews 5 Dots in the Seine 9 Shoelace tip 14 Baseball's Hershiser 15 Pie à la __ 16 Singer Lopez 17 Old enough to start kindergarten 19 Divided Southeast Asian island 20 Sing to romantically 21 Roll the dice 22 Academic URL ending 23 Attend a foreign university, say 25 Way to get off base? 26 Wind quintet wind 27 Native Alaskan 30 Ability to float 34 Spill the beans 35 Done to __: perfectly cooked 37 Numbered book part 38 Sonic, in gaming 40 Old photo tone 41 Dept. with a sun on its seal 42 Carbon monoxide's lack 44 Kind of exam with brief responses 48 Scratch the surface of 51 Attached, as a corsage 52 Go up, as prices 54 Beelike 55 Exam answered in a blue book ... and a phonetic hint to 17-, 23- and 44-Across 56 Pontificate 57 Fab Four fellow 58 Assert as true 59 Three-card con 60 Heidi's range 61 Jared of “Panic Room”

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1 2 3 4 5 Rapper's entourage Rainbow-shaped '60s jacket style Gin flavor Behind-schedule comment 6 Amass, with “on” 7 Barely defeated 8 Observe 9 “Way to go, fella!” 10 Scary scythe bearer 11 Dance under a bar 12 __ Gay: WWII bomber 13 Out of gas 18 Initial stage 21 West African country 24 Part of BYO 25 Inexorable force 27 Blond shade 28 Fish story, so to speak 29 Call off 30 Software glitch 31 Day break? 32 Cinematic FX 33 Vote for 35 Leading in the race 36 In tatters 39 Diplomatic accord 40 “My bad!” 42 Says “My bad!” 43 Car window stickers 44 Involuntary jerk 45 Safari heavyweight 46 Gibson garnish 47 Rope fiber 48 “Circle of Friends” author Binchy 49 Balance sheet item 50 Back in style 53 And others: Abbr. 55 Org. concerned with PCB'S