LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Name derived from a Kyrgyz word meaning “sea of islands” 5 __ therapy
9 Food quality 14 Makes a play for 16 Patriotic
nickname
17 Start of many a
puzzle
18 Enjoys a course 19 Stopped using 21 Addie’s husband
in “As I Lay Dying” 22 “Our acts make or __ us”: Victor Hugo
23 Fee: Abbr.
25 “The Night They Invented Champagne” musical 27 Curved sword, to Brits
29 Elver,e.g.
30 Bug
32 In a happy place 33 __ Fridays 34 “Seriously?” 35 Hard-to-find items, to collectors 37 Teller’s output 38 Sydney’s st. 39 Strong reaction 40 “No more!” 42 First cloned
mammal 43 Increased 45 Shaded
46 Noël Coward, for one 47 Proverbial team feature? 48 Where Zeno
taught 50 Experimental vehicle 56 “Twilight” author Stephenie 57 “Nurse Jackie” Emmy winner 58 Compensate (for) 59 Quick to recover 60 Wet
61 Spotted 62 Refusals
DOWN
1 Out of control 2 Pasta __: food brand
3 “__ plaisir!”
4 Auto fluid problems
5 Braces (oneself) 6 Online reminders 7 It can tide you over
8 Harmonious outfit 9 Like many donuts 10 Tell __ story: elicit sympathy
11 Legal barrier 12 How some survivalists live 13 __ al-Khaimah: UAE emirate
15 __ route 20 Hound
24 Sparkle
25 Sees through 26 “Here’s my advice
... ”
28 Go along 30 Patronizes, with “at”
31 Word from the Greek for “threefooted” 36 Wannabes 37 “I thought we weredone” 39 What animals do in the wild 41 Roger Goodell’s gp.
44 Work out 49 Protest where people do and don’t take a stand? 51 Viewpoint, metaphorically 52 Onefroma penseur 53 “Pinocchio” goldfish
54 Often embarrassing outbreak 55 Doesn’t keep 56 __ money