LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Not my first choice, but it’s fine”
16 Dating milestones
17 Fare for some Catholics on Lenten Fridays
18 GPS heading
19 Comedian Foxx
20 Dubious ability
21 Cranks (up)
23 Talk dirty
27 Warts and all
28 Select
29 Peach
32 Smooch in a lift, say
33 Sportswear portmanteau
37 “Been there”
39 Color choices for
bandages, e.g.
40 Sister who brings the snowman Olaf to life
41 “Chopped” host Allen
42 Post-WWII alliance
43 Soften up
44 Knife block insert
46 __-Rooter
47 Gibbon, for one
49 Squeezed (out)
51 “CrazySexyCool” trio
54 The Marshall
Project cause
59 Lacrosse strategy
60 Quality inspection?
DOWN
1 Rascals
2 Says
3 Lacking flavor or experience
4 More succinctly?
5 Medical waste collected in red containers
6 Spots
7 Spot
8 Steers steers
9 Graynor of “The Disaster Artist”
10 Gp. known for screenings
11 Haggard, perhaps
12 Sequence
13 Social reformer Jacob
14 Last
15 Retired boomer
22 “Bad and Boujee” hip-hop group
24 Fictional detective who was born in Montenegro
25 Pentathlon equipment
26 End in __
27 Tattoo joint? 29 French Revolution device
30 “The Elephant Celebes” painter Max
31 Hertz prefix 32 Filter (through)
33 Perfume oil
34 “All __ in favor ... ” 35 Female lobster 36 Nasty fall
38 “Mind. Blown.” 43 Change
44 Mexican cheese? 45 “Jojo Rabbit”
actress Wilson 46 Fill a flat again
47 “Rule, Britannia” composer 48 Docking station
50 “The Power of the Dog” Oscar nominee SmitMcPhee
52 “Your __”
53 Tech news dotcom
54 Grammy category
55 Half an iconic 1981 Rolling Stone cover 56 Start to sense?
57 __ Matronic of
Scissor Sisters 58 Holiday celebrated with bánh chu’ng