LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sister’s attire 6 Transmits, as a text

11 Young guy 14 2019 Australian Open winner Naomi

15 Get used (to) 16 King Kong or

Donkey Kong 17 Corporate

acquisition offer 19 Pampering place 20 “You should leave

now”

21 Studio stand 23 Crew team’s blade 24 Unfair hiring

practice

27 Nixon’s older

daughter 30 Belfast’s province 31 Coil of yarn 32 Geometry product 34 Marquee actor’s

honor

39 “Close Encounters” hoverers, briefly 40 Arrange loosely 43 Christie of

mystery 47 Without exception 48 Life-changing incident for Peter Parker 51 “Yada, yada, yada” letters

52 Link to the internet

53 Has an easy catch with

56 Soufflé need 57 One batting cleanup who gets a lot of the stat hidden in 17-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across 60 Big name in jeans 61 Airport shuttles 62 “__ Jacques” 63 Give permission

to

64 Final authority 65 Fork-tailed

seabirds

DOWN

1 Family-style Asian dishes

2 Just for fun

3 Bear claw makers 4 DIY furniture store 5 Art community

NNE of Santa Fe 6 Prolonged battle 7 Scandal-plagued

energy giant 8 Well-worn pencil 9 Soft & __: deodorant 10 Matzo meals 11 Collie of old TV 12 Become visible 13 Handshake events 18 “Tom’s Diner” singer Suzanne

22 NYC dance company 25 Dramatic one-onones

26 Airline that doesn’t fly on Shabbat

28 Op. __: footnote abbr.

29 __ flash: quickly 32 Britcom starring Jennifer Saunders 33 __ Grande 35 Industrial area of western Germany 36 Words of commitment 37 Agency under FDR 38 Casino regular 41 Dressmaker’s guide

42 Concert extras 43 Orbital high point 44 1959 Sandra Dee

title role

45 Drink suffix 46 Dangles a carrot in front of

47 New Age pianist John

48 Get a whiff of 49 Market express

lane units 50 Sculpted form 54 Sort (through) 55 Basic French verb 58 Man-mouse connector 59 Method