L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Technique providing percussion with a string note 9 Character in “The Iliad” but not “The Odyssey”? 14 Summer pick-me-up 15 Use as a bed 16 Spicy Mexican food 17 Extract metal from 18 Surg. sites 19 Ivy near an Acela stop 20 Ado 21 Big rings 23 NBA writer Zach 25 Question of method 26 Durango, por ejemplo 28 Crudely built city? 31 Many of today's pro athletes 34 Total area? 35 Result of an imagined draft 36 Gum with Ice and Fire varieties 37 Riverbed deposit 41 B. A. Baracus portrayer 42 Warning accompanying a link 45 Ideal spots 46 Doomed 16th-century force 49 Criminal charges 51 Bon __ 52 Pressly of “Mom” 53 Subdivision showcase 55 Jeanette's “Macbeth” (1948) co-star 56 Lenses 57 Touch-and-go 58 Blessings

DOWN

1 Makes a point? 2 Unleashes on 3 Big letters in security services 4 Is far from a good sport 5 Perennial #1 NCAA football team since 2008 6 Even slightly 7 Fifth-cen. pope called “The Great” 8 Monkey's do partner? 9 As well 10 Long way to go? 11 Look here! 12 Depressions 13 __ Jamison, one of two NBA players with 20,000+ points who's not in the Hall of Fame 14 “From your mouth to God's ears” 20 Rears 22 Feel bad about 24 Succeeded in 27 1992 Mamet drama 29 Three-time WNBA MVP 30 Synagogue text 32 Performs surgery on, in a way 33 Cambridgeshire cathedral city 34 Like a sure thing 35 Company founded in 1939 as Auto Avio Costruzioni 36 Key of Beethoven's Violin Concerto 38 Submission to a radio station, briefly 39 Garden guardians 40 Will of “Blue Bloods” 43 Ice cream alternative, casually 44 Moved between banks, maybe 47 Berserk 48 Refuse 50 Amps (up) 53 Once-big storage unit that's now quite small 54 Farm female