LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Oceanic ecosystem 12 Common intruders 15 Mexican sugar substitute 16 Home Depot purchase 17 Black-necked flier 18 Knoxville energy agcy. 19 Sportscaster Andrews 20 Bradlee in “The Post” 21 2013 Culinary Hall of Fame inductee 23 Key used in shortcuts 24 Word of warning 25 Downer at a party? 29 Waterside accommodations 30 Not dense, in a way 31 Lindy relative 34 Deuterium discoverer Harold 35 They usually have spines 36 Ornate metalware 37 Spots for sports stands
39 Forks over, formally 40 Collaborate 41 “Even so ... ” 42 “Thunderball” setting
44 Try hard (for) 45 Had taken, as a portrait 46 Tagged, perhaps 47 Territorial marking
51 It may build up gradually 52 Skeet participant 55 Styling creations 56 Italian cooking staple 57 Tolkien creature 58 Mall attraction
DOWN
1 Medieval weapon 2 Seaweed product 3 Indian palace resident
4 One of the Karamazovs 5 “Deliverance” co-star of Jon, Burt and Ronny 6 Allow
7 Cause
8 Small program opener 9 Plains tribe 10 Classy wheels 11 Religious recluse 12 Vehicle for some spiritual experiences 13 Boat-lifting device 14 Depressed area 22 Turned inside out 23 Not feel well 24 Mrs. __, head of the kitchen in “Beauty and the Beast” 25 Numb, in a way 26 Marseilles money 27 Erratic driver’s comeuppance, perhaps 28 Pungent spice 29 __ tendinitis: arm muscle ailment 31 Two-faced deity 32 1997 film character getting a lot of buzz? 33 Heroic adventure 35 1931 Oscarwinning Western based on an Edna Ferber novel 38 “Raging Bull” boxer 39 “Wolf” channel 41 Mailer, for one 42 Something in back of a hit? 43 Packer quarterback Rodgers 44 Feature of Sousa’s music 46 Deep-water fish 47 Sulk 48 Catchall survey opción 49 Carnival draw 50 Street adornment 53 “Preacher” network 54 Black __