LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Touché” 11 Small complication? 15 Agree to take the

long way there? 16 Condominio, por

ejemplo 17 Dancer’s driver 18 First word in a classic poem about 17-Across 19 “Telephone Line” rock gp. 20 Prepares (for) 22 Stretch (out) 23 “Dark side” sci-fi group 24 Stuffed grape leaves 26 Rodeo ride 29 Either Bush, in school 32 Spanish wine region

33 “The Mammoth

Hunters” author 34 Like some agreements

36 I-9 ID 37 Caddies and cozies

38 Pub pick 39 Towels, e.g., aptly 41 Katy Perry hit that starts “I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath” 42 Youngest French

Open champ 43 Pueblo pronoun 44 Like undercooked

eggs 45 Oscar-winning foreign language film based on a Fugard novel 47 Sarcastic retort 49 Fix

50 TV revenue source 53 Neon tips? 56 Actor Kapoor of “Slumdog Millionaire” 58 Pierre’s polite

lead-in

60 Wee

61 Galileo, notably 62 NPR giveaway 63 Great bargains

DOWN

1 Prepare for cheese?

2 Spoken

3 Lic. figure 4 Barclays Center

NBAer

5 Like some flaws 6 “Don’t play,” in

music

7 Hot, hot, hot 8 Sorento and

Sedona

9 Big birds 10 Barely bested, with “out” 11 Dietary info abbr. 12 What an actor may bring to an audition

13 Honshu city 14 Factor in bonus size, perhaps 21 Hall of Famer who was an MVP and Manager of the Year 23 Longtime NBC hit 25 Only Super Bowl the Eagles won 26 Victoria-Tasmania divider 27 Doesn’t stop to think about 28 Expert on ports? 30 Martin’s partner 31 Angsty lament 34 Each

35 “The one way possible of speaking truth”: Browning 37 “Creed” actress Thompson

40 Like spring snow 41 Sticking point? 44 Forward, say 46 Noodle nuggets 48 Ply with drink 51 Austin festival,

briefly

52 Entr’__

53 Austen classic 54 Coward with a knighthood 55 Knight titles 57 Caustic chemical 59 Muppet friend of Elmo