LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Finishes
5 Spill the beans 9 Chest muscle, for
short
12 In __ of
13 Credit card user 14 “It follows logically
that ... ” 15 Maintain
16 “Me too,” more
formally
17 State of mind 18 Make a real mess 21 Chillingly strange 22 “Pronto!”
23 Many moons __ 26 Rightmost computer menu, often
28 Cloak and __
30 Tortoise’s fabled
competitor 33 Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground 36 Norse god of war 37 Collaborative sites 38 Another, in
Spanish 39 Feature of some
espadrilles 41 Witnessed 42 Swim team
swimwear 43 Toward sunrise 46 Extra sports
periods, briefly 47 Per person 50 Chops, as an
onion 53 Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across 57 Japanese noodle 59 Dog collar
dangler
60 Notion
61 Come to a stop 62 “You’ve got
some __!”
63 Shakespeare’s
mad king 64 “Yellowjackets”
network, briefly 65 Mardi __: preLenten festival 66 Annoys
DOWN
1 Part of BPOE 2 Nephew’s sister 3 Brand of riding
mowers
4 Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones 5 Giant party
6 Winona’s
“Beetlejuice” role 7 Very long time 8 Units led by
colonels
9 Grow cuttings from a succulent, say
10 Alter __
11 Fish that may be
black or blue 13 Dev of “Lion” 14 Down Under bird 19 Golfer Michelle
__ West 20 Practice in the
ring
24 Bookstore
section
25 Liver, for one 27 Ballet barre bend 29 Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes 30 “Can you
explain?” 31 Skilled (at) 32 Works alone 34 __ out a win:
almost lose 35 Disgusting 37 Extraordinarily
large
40 Dutch cheese 44 “Better late than
never,” e.g. 45 [as per the
original]
48 More mature 49 Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City 51 Duck down
52 Go on tiptoe 54 Picked-off pass,
for short
55 Big D NBA squad 56 Prominent feature
of a fennec fox 57 Hesitation
syllables 58 Lah-di-__
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Caring friendships help you feel secure. Pining for your people? Your social needs are activated.
Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 23). Your professional satisfaction is lit up today! Your inner feelings of success are measured