LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Clip follower 5 Softens, in a way 10 Clock toggle 14 Big name in

morning TV 15 Dread, perhaps 16 Missouri representative Bush

17 Balanced 18 Delectable

19 Like Oberlin

since 1837 20 Small

businesses? 22 Oregon city on the Deschutes River

23 Pitching areas? 24 Pet that needs a

sitter? 26 Manipulate 27 Deliver letters? 28 Place to check

in

31 Earring Magic

__: collectible doll of 1993 32 Colorful Victorian houses in San Francisco, e.g.

34 Squeak of

surprise

35 Tosses

36 Ready

38 Island in the

Cyclades 39 Instruments that may have 21 strings

40 Creator of spinetingling content? 45 Picks up on 46 Jump-starts a

training regimen? 47 Amanda of

“Brockmire” 48 Buttonholes, e.g. 49 “Seriously?” 50 “Contact” org. 51 One of the racing

Andrettis 52 Board sticker 53 Tennis legend who wrote a history of AfricanAmerican athletes

54 Orem resident 55 Those, in

Spanish

DOWN

1 Taco topper that may be infused with lime 2 Spitting nails 3 Plays first 4 Street food also known as golgappa 5 Storage systems? 6 Savvy 7 Clipper parts 8 Places to retire? 9 Dump 10 Stomach

11 Lunar New Year

treats

12 Comes before 13 Start of summer

or winter

21 Need in some preservation efforts 22 Computer

security concern 24 Cartoon girl who popularized “meh”

25 Sue Bird’s jersey

number

27 Lunch spot 28 Part of a vampire

costume 29 French crown 30 Rachel Carson

subj.

32 Low points 33 Without getting

worked up 34 Some indie

releases 37 “Wonderful Tonight” memoirist Boyd 40 Director

Kurosawa 41 “What’s the __?”: Kim Possible catchphrase 42 “Iliad”

characters

43 VP between Hubert and Gerald

44 Lab work 46 Pallet piece 47 Free spot

48 Big D campus