L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Early Greek lyric poet

7 Roll by

13 Strong desire

15 Respectful bow

16 Friendly greeting

18 Eastern religion

19 Novak Djokovic's org. 20 Place to gas up for free? 22 Beer __

23 Memorable Gregory Peck role

25 How work may be done near a deadline

26 Drain

27 California's __ Verdes Peninsula

29 '70s radical gp.

30 Singer Stefani et al. 31 Reception for champions 34 Scrooge types

35 Fruity treat

36 Jazz guitarist Herb

37 Terre dans la mer 38 Wetland birds 42 Caffeine-rich seed

43 1960 Random House acquisition

45 Wild way to run 46 Web crawler, e.g.

47 Hit the skids

49 Pressure meas. 50 Designer Pucci 52 Traditional Dixie dessert 54 Comment

55 Reptile named for the warning sound it makes 56 Stars

57 Death Star “super” weapons

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1 Award-winning ESPN writer/reporter Jeremy 2 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's first female inductee 3 Check alternative

4 Many a GI

5 Old Ritz rival

6 Afternoon hr.

7 Lamb product

8 Memorable lion suit wearer

9 2001 biopic

10 Burro's baskets

11 Former GM cars

12 Doesn't act well

14 Stage makeup staple 17 Programmer's problem 21 McCormick offering

24 Gulf of __: Baltic Sea arm 26 Modern poster

28 Trees whose fruit yields a moisturizing butter

30 Catch on

32 Bolted

33 Bryan's “Malcolm in the Middle” role

34 Use a certain two-handed signal 35 19th-century women's rights advocate Amelia 36 “La Dolce Vita” actress

39 Flow in small waves

40 More inclined to pry 41 “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden __

43 Screwballs

44 Kind of point

47 Prepared (oneself) for action

48 “Catch ya later”

51 A.L. West team, in crawl lines

53 Some Windows systems