L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Garden lure

10 Prefix meaning “coil” 15 It straddles the border of two western states 16 Brass, for one

17 Closing question 18 Subjects for reviewers 19 Kind of gravel

20 What some glasses lack 21 Observed visiting

22 Break off loudly

23 Write the wrong number on, perhaps

24 Legal option

27 Warning after using an iron

28 A.L. East squad

29 __ space

30 Glove material

31 Speech interruptions 32 Work to get

33 Support on the way up 34 Cookout choice 35 Modicum

36 One of a nursery rhyme trio

37 Most successful AfricanAmerican PGA golfer before Woods

38 Custom finish?

39 Made it up 40 Follow

41 Armadas on the road 43 Turnovers, e.g.

44 Take out

45 Shot in the dark

46 Clicking sound? 49 “Battlestar Galactica” commander

50 One who's no fun to play with

52 Showed up

53 Bicycle tire feature 54 Discharge

55 Tiny arboreal amphibians

DOWN

1 Indication of an offense 2 Take a little off

3 Many of its products are named for Scandinavian places

4 Mountain __

5 Hardly transitory

6 Like much flower symmetry

7 Defeat decisively

8 Quite a stretch

9 One who does a waggle dance 10 Sensitive health class subject

11 Practiced diligently 12 Sulky

13 It's often used to make paste

14 Traditional Christmas Eve dish for some

21 Traffic stopper, at times 22 Tailored

23 Power source

24 Elastic wrap brand 25 Herbivore named for its habitat

26 List on a ticket

27 In the cards

30 Takes an interest in 33 Revolutionary pamphleteer

34 Top

36 Far from subtle

37 High-tech communications portmanteau

40 Feel a strong need (for)

42 Rest area array

43 Made off with

45 Use an updraft, say

46 Old movie dog

47 Be mindful of 48 Administrative branches

50 Low mil. rank

51 Granada bear