LA. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Dust yourself off and hang tough!”

9 Ford muscle cars, familiarly

15 Reluctant acquiescence 16 Walk-off hit situation, perhaps

17 Note-taking aid

18 Country by the River Shribble

19 “Hands off!” in an ad slogan

20 “Hamburger Hill” setting, briefly

22 Clue room

23 For __: not gratis

24 Had to miss school, perhaps

26 All over

27 Rare color

28 Bismarck's realm

30 Sworn statement

31 Fit

32 Having memorized the script, in theater lingo 34 “Funky Monkeys” musical

37 Pipe edge

38 Was unmanageable 40 Schnitzel meat

41 “__ seen better”

42 Ready 44 __ pocket

47 Start of something

49 More than fishy

50 Traje de __: Seville swimsuit

51 Indian improvisations 53 __-country: music genre 54 Boston and Chicago, but not San Francisco 55 Negative feeling 57 Triumphant GIF phrase 59 More intricate

60 “Hate to run, but ... ” 61 Small suit maker

62 Suit seller DOWN

1 Priesthood symbol 2 Michael of “Caddyshack” 3 Went back and forth

4 How a sommelier might sort wine

5 Peace Prize city

6 “You betcha!”

7 Heaviest naturally occurring element

8 They often get depressed

9 Stop on a line: Abbr.

10 “__ wondrous pitiful”: “Othello”

11 Vital supply line

12 Unorganized, in a way 13 Unticketed plane passenger

14 Be sensitive to social injustice, in slang

21 Middle: Pref.

24 Brand that sells Arnold Palmers

25 Holds another view 28 Top-drawer

29 Key of Chopin's first Opus 25 étude

31 Flier for 71 years

33 Acct. amount

34 Most phone button groupings

35 Drop off midday, say 36 Fill with life

39 Hindu god of desire 40 Trace

43 Notorious B.I.G. discovered her in 1994 44 Storm on ESPN 45 Purplish blue

46 After surg.

48 Bess, __, Jackie ... 50 Pushes the buttons of 52 Started an action 54 Layered lunches

56 Sign of being packed?

58 Actor Chaney