LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Duo

5 “Who’s there?”

reply

10 Acquire 13 Cartoon maker of a cactus costume 14 Student’s

assignment 16 Artist Yoko 17 Starring role 18 Roma is its

capital

19 Once around the

track

20 Flexible desk

accessory

23 Yalie

25 VCR format 26 Support for a

painting 27 “Divine

Comedy” author 29 Acceleration

control 32 Filmmaker’s monochrome background 35 Medieval Icelandic collection

36 Save like mad 37 Govt. workplace

monitor 41 Indecisive sort 43 Sport with

meshed sticks 47 Teatime treat 48 Last choice,

perhaps 49 Communication syst. with hand signals

51 Govt. codebreaking org. 52 Mental refresher ... and a hint to the circled letters 57 Barbie’s beau 58 List of mistakes 59 Like granola 62 SASE, e.g. 63 One who loses

on purpose? 64 Fairy tale bully 65 X or manta

follower

66 Salon filing aid 67 They open locks

and start cars

DOWN

1 Bud

2 King beater 3 Pictured in one’s

mind

4 Second chance 5 __ whiskey 6 Heads of France 7 Bridge

8 Spy for the other

guy

9 Guitarist Clapton 10 Bring up the rear 11 Tooth covering 12 Knock over 15 Hire 21 Something to

bake in

22 Zero deg. at the

equator, say 23 Barely beat 24 Pie crust

ingredient 28 Earl Grey, for

one

29 Barely discernible amount

30 “You are __”:

mall map info 31 Bordeaux and

Chianti

33 Hall & Oates’ “__

Gone” 34 Opposite of pros 37 Like meds

needing no Rx 38 Era for Fred, Wilma and Pebbles

39 Egg layers 40 Bailiwick 41 Copied with intent to deceive, as a signature 42 Emerald __:

Ireland 43 Student’s

hallway hangout 44 Goddess of

wisdom

45 Dicey

46 “The Last Jedi”

villain Kylo 49 Daisylike flower 50 Like many Stephen King stories 53 Cleveland’s lake 54 Utah city on I-15 55 Inevitable

outcome

56 Cozy corner 60 Attempt 61 “Absolutely!”