L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

1 Knot remover

8 Not pointless?

15 Took too many courses? 16 “Marvelous”

17 Sent along

18 One pulling his weight around Christmas

19 Caper

20 Stuff on the deck

22 Proactiv target

23 European underground nickname

25 Forbids

26 Flood insurance, once upon a time

29 Copycat's talent

30 Alley goop

31 Toasting candidate 33 Grizabella the Glamour Cat's solo

36 Single from

Dylan's “Blood on the Tracks”

38 Some navels

39 Puerto Rico's __ de Morro 40 Hosp. sections

41 Warehouse supplies

42 Darn things

43 Vince with 18 CMA Awards 45 Lacking versatility

47 Raised eyebrow, e.g. 48 Nine Inch Nails founder Reznor

49 Stomach

53 Brewery sugar

55 Where old records may be kept

57 Congo line?

58 Do an inside job?

59 Fair rewards

60 Small restaurants 1 “Brothers & Sisters” matriarch

2 Square

3 Gael, for one

4 Nocturnal Asian snake 5 Singer ranked #10 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

6 Sporty truck, briefly 7 Framework for retiring

8 “Yowza!”

9 “Honestly!”

10 Matching

11 Toronto's prov.

12 Party bites from the toaster oven

13 Maroon at a chalet, maybe 14 Coppers 21 Hybrid roast

24 Olympic gear

25 Film fawn

26 Basic studio class 27 “Deadpool” actor Reynolds

28 Group concerned with good breeding

30 Camper's anchors 32 Speakeasy circulator 33 Bungle

34 Word with home or slide

35 Stinging response 37 House coat

41 Ugly looks

43 Xbox devotee

44 Kirkuk native

45 Name on “

The Magnificent Ambersons” theater poster 46 Pulitzer-winning film critic

48 Terry's role in the original “Wizard of Oz” 50 Structural beam

51 Inflict on

52 They're split

54 Check for drinks

56 Org. with an “Odd News” web page