LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Connected
10 “All good here!” 15 Order of
magnitude?
16 Not touch
17 Paleolithic
innovation
18 Turning points? 19 British pound note featuring Jane Austen
20 Horn in
22 Jettison
23 Take off
24 __ shape
26 Hardly rosy
27 “Broaden your
horizons!”
30 Bank security
31 Self-evident pick 32 Top pick
33 Big name in Early
American art
34 Emmy winner
Helgenberger
35 Drunkenness
37 Cut off
38 Backs
39 Herb used in some Indigenous smudging rituals 40 Life styles?
41 Personal matter? 42 Parking space
44 Fortified, with
“up”
46 Cool amount?
49 Sierra __
51 Smell-O-Vision
rival 53 Source of
intelligence
54 Summary of top
headlines
55 Prankster’s
declaration
56 Mail order?
DOWN
1 Start of a library conversation, maybe
2 Gentileschi’s “Self-Portrait as a __ Player”
3 Just after
4 Mil. title
5 Troublemaker
6 Prize
7 LED component
8 Hilfiger rival
9 Pen name of journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman 10 Sort
11 Element of some meditation exercises
12 Admired with quiet reverence, with “of”
13 Goes back out
14 Crossword editor Harper in Hallmark’s “Crossword Mysteries” series 21 __ nous
23 Hashtag that went viral during a pop star’s legal battle 25 Ewe said it 26 Elevate
27 Kids on a farm
28 Plant that sparked the Victorian craze “pteridomania” 29 Indoor rower, for
short
30 “Smallville” role
for Durance
31 “You okay there?” 32 Cone source
33 Pub trayful
36 Classic car
37 Coastal
formations?
39 Appear to be
41 Cultivated
42 Refinery waste 43 Cuban bar tender 45 Little dipper?
46 Nutmeg spice
47 Supermodel with a cosmetics line for women of color
48 W. Coast force
50 “When will u b
here?”
52 Hoops stat