L.A. Times Crossword

Solutions on Page 26

ACROSS 1Pinnacle 5

9

13

Zither kin

Is profitable

Like a clown car’s passengers

15 _ _ palak: dish of

potatoes and spinach

16 Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say

18 Condition that may be

treated with CBT

19 Hand (out)

20 Coding shortcut

21 Activities Rudolph

was kept from joining

24Dudes 25

2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson

26 Sagan who hosted

the original “Cosmos”

28 Little red Corvette or

little deuce coupe

30 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson

33 Southern part of the

Mariana Trench

37 Certain sib

38Engrave

39 With competence

40 “Don’t _ _ me

started”

41 20s dispensers

43 Leafy side

49 Unsettling, in a way 50 Word on Irish coins

51 Issa of “The

Lovebirds”

52 Not conforming to traditional male/ female norms, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles

55 Burn balm

56 Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme’s directorial debut Multitude in a pointillist painting

58Copied

59 Norway’s most

populous city

57 DOWN

1 Person in a cast

2 Jim who sang “I Got a

Name”

3 Time to celebrate with

one’s krewe mates

4 First responder: Abbr.

5 First responders, e.g.

6 “Easy on Me” singer

7 Rodeo contestant

8 GIF alternative

9 Land on an isthmus

10 Painter Neel known

for nudes

11 “What’s mine is _ _”

12Meh

14 In need of a doggy

bath, maybe

17 Key with four sharps 22 No longer valid

23 Garden entrance

26 Hypo units

27 Fish at a sushi bar

28 Anti-apartheid org.

29“Gross”

30 Episodes on YouTube,

say

31 Fish at a sushi bar

32 Hidden asset?

34Actress-turnedartist Sobieski

35 “_ _ Jones Sings Lady

Day”: 2001 album

36 Title for Judi Dench

40 Moves smoothly

41“Deal!”

42 Traction aid

43 Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green

“... unless you’d rather do something

44 45else”

Summary at the start of a new season, e.g.

46 Mournful tune

47 _ _ blockade

48 Take care of

49 Quaint oath

53 TV pioneer

54 However briefly?