L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gym supplies 5 Affectionate-poke-onthe-nose word

9 Cut souvenirs 14 Without instruments 16 “Haystacks” painter 17 “What?”

18 Soaked

19 “The Twilight Zone” (2019) host Jordan 20 Distress

22 Ballet move 23 Two-step tutorials, say 26 Take a bad turn 29 “Semper Fidelis” composer 30 “Concord Sonata” composer

31 Race units

34 Talked like Moses or Abraham?

36 Tart finish?

37 In actuality

39 The last pope named Clement

40 Cleaner brand with a macron on its first vowel 42 Circulate 43 Cornmeal product 44 Ones known for excellent service 46 Many people make them at work

48 Blizzard portmanteau 51 “Rub-__ ... ”

52 Root that may be cubed 53 Big battery

56 Realm of Tolkien's Dwarves

58 Are useful 61 Cleared in a diner 62 Proverbial nonexistent meal

63 Nuclear trial 64 Pamplona pronoun 65 BFN alternative

DOWN

1 Buddy 2 “Rent-__”: 1988 film 3 Unlikely to titillate 4 Small trunks

5 “Go easy on me” 6 Copacabana greeting 7 Tree sacred to Athena 8 “Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!” group 9 Texting format, briefly

10 Confines 11 Norman Conquest victim 12 2019 Best Supporting Actress winner for “If Beale Street Could Talk” 13 They may be treated with compresses 15 Country in the Caroline Islands

21 Strike symbols 24 Source of livestock feed 25 Okay 26 Deceptively adorn 27 Transmission conclusion

28 Start of typical “Star Trek” navigation orders 32 Buddy 33 Admonish

35 Tense times, maybe 37 School house

38 Turns idly, as a pencil 41 Green ones

43 Pesto ingredient

45 For example 47 Inclined to opine 48 Copacabana steps

49 Faux pas

50 Mideast dignitaries 54 Advanced 55 Goranson of “The Conners”

57 Big name in home security 59 Summer sign

60 Fedex rival