L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hint of color
6 Biblical tower site
11Inquire
14 Play area?
15 Greek salad fruit
16 Sushi topper
17 Pride symbol
19 Texter’s “Hang on
a sec”
20 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” director Lee
21 No-frills font
22 Wee bit
23 Arachnid relative that resembles a crustacean
27 Sex therapy subject
29 Helpful supporter
30Loads
31 Give in a little
33Irritate
36 Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across
Brief alarm?
40 41Fake
42 43Gargantuan 44
Singer India.__ “The Country Girls” novelist Edna
46 Minty frozen treat at McDonald’s every
March
51 School year division
52 Swarms (with)
53 Noble _ _
56 With 11-Down,
Michigan college town
57 Nutty-tasting winter
vegetable
60 TNT part
61 Sounds from happy
cats
62 Loosen, as a knot
63 Storm center
64 Borden spokescow
65Utopias
DOWN 1
2
Actress Reid Setting of the graphic
novel “Persepolis”
3 People next door
4 “Erin Burnett OutFront”
channel
5 Knight’s tunic
6 “Ziggy Stardust” singer
David
7 Some Italian sports
cars, for short
8 Star of HBO’s “Barry”
9 Actress Longoria
10 Part of a race
11 See 56-Across
12Kinda
13 Shish _ _
18Approximately 22 Slippery, as a road 24 Barnyard sound
25 Actress Kurylenko
26 Utility abbr.
27 Newton trio
28 “Am _ _ early?”
31 Dividing lines
32 Luau strings, briefly
33 Diversify, in a way
34 Ohio border lake
35 Marvel mutants who
battle Magneto
37 Egg (on)
38 Macy’s red star, for
one
39 Literary “Listen!”
43 “I wonder ... “
44 Units of resistance
45 Language from
northern Spain
46Utter 47
“Atlanta” actor Brian Tyree _ _
48 Golfer Palmer, to fans
49 Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist _ _ Walsh Jennings
50 Pick up
54 Spelling clarification
phrase
55 Wally Lamb’s “_ _
Come Undone”
57Imitate
58 _ _-de-sac
59 German conjunction