L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bay Area force: Abbr. 5 Leaves at the altar

10 News story opening 14 Words with bow or knot 15 Eye-boggling work 16 Foreboding sign

17 *The opportunity to be successful again 20 Defunct luxury New York department store 21 Chinese leader who said, “Women hold up half the sky”

22 Ruby, for one

23 Admission of deceit

24 *“I'd do the same thing again”

26 Swedish soprano

Jenny

27 Beast with tusks

29 Color tones

30 Natl. population, e.g. 31 Swiss high point 32 Director Craven 33 *“Stupid superstition,” for one

39 Like some jokes

40 + or - particle

41 “You betcha”

43 Jones of the Monkees 45 “Ultimate Driving Machine” vehicles 46 Soccer immortal

47 *“Don't be so oblivious” 49 Propose, as a theory 50 Musician Yoko

51 Stick in a boat

52 Capital of Georgia (the country)

54 Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played

57 New Haven collegians 58 Raze

59 Friend's pronoun

60 Like creamy desserts 61 “__ you sweet!”

62 Nos. on an airport board

DOWN

1 Unmoving Calder work

2 Last round contestant 3 Scrutinize using, as a microscope

4 Became clear to, with “on”

5 Baby marsupial

6 Some beers: Abbr. 7 __ Vegas

8 Quake aftershock 9 Brown ermine

10 “OMG, funny!”

11 Asylum seeker 12 Postpones

13 Foe

18 Headed up

19 Grabs a snack

24 When toddlers snooze 25 Cast out

27 Data transmission unit 28 Cry after un gol 32 Carries the day

34 Bright star

35 Ethylene __: antifreeze

36 “That's big news!” 37 Optometrist's concern

38 Completely enjoyed 42 Small sizes

43 North America's highest peak

44 Type of energy or reactor

45 Backyard barbecue staple

46 Considerate

47 One picking up the staff lunch order, perhaps

48 Clapton classic 49 Wrestler's goal

52 Feds under Ness

53 Sing (out) loudly

55 Kinda

56 Latin greeting