LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Epithet

6 Econ. indicators 10 Sp. title

14 Loud item in a

closet

16 Easily

manipulated type 17 Study buddies,

often

18 Natl. law group whose “M” is largely obsolete 19 Picnic serving

20 Prandial pokers 21 Cool veggies?

22 Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot 23 Arduous tasks

25 Like some

premium services 28 Scrapped

31 On the offensive,

legally

32 It’s not a side

road

33 Skin lotion brand 34 Stopping at a

KOA, say

35 Fall place

36 Doubts

38 Some shared

rides

39 Excites

40 Fictitious 18thcentury autobiographer 41 Mighty Dump

Truck maker

42 Hold-up group? 43 Like some milk,

alas

45 Watch with a

webcam, perhaps 47 Impromptu

speech fillers

50 Italy’s Lake __

51 “How many licks does it take … ?” treat

53 Jackie’s designer 54 Overwhelms

55 Lean and

muscular

56 Capital on a fjord 57 Up one day, down

the next DOWN

1 Spike

2 Rag __

Bolognese

3 Leaner alternative to pork

4 “What?”

utterances

5 Anchor’s

responsibility

6 Akufo-Addo’s land 7 Marquee evening 8 Continuous newsroom operations

9 Familiar gp. of 50 10 Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation 11 Mountain

dangers

12 Big volume

13 They didn’t stop

Hannibal 15 Alfred E. Neuman

feature

21 Bop on the bean 22 Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie “Bird” Parker

24 When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist 25 “I’m here to help” 26 Expected

27 Inexperienced

one

28 Legal orders

29 Two before marzo 30 Fog word

32 Pilots start them 34 Twice-baked

bread

37 Squirt

38 Metal named for

a planet

40 Not pleased

42 In half

43 Shallows craft

44 Social science

course, briefly

46 Gene __

47 Prom style, often 48 Turned some

ground

49 Active

51 Ontario-based

music gp.

52 Self-described “non-musician” Brian