L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Soap-drop indicator 5 Prepared for pie, in a way 10 Trunk extension
14 Buddhist priest
15 The “A” in the Tokyo studio AIC
16 Stargazing subject?
17 Rural stopovers
18 Retro filter choice 19 Importunate solicitor 20 Spin-off with a bluesy theme song by John Lee Hooker
23 2000s political slogan 24 Initial payments
26 European hub
27 Industrious type
29 Nut
32 Ritual heap
33 Rapper will.__
34 Half a piano duo? 35 Chaparral plant 37 Longfellow's “The Bell of __”
38 Iwo Jima flag-raiser Hayes 39 Half a classic cowboy nickname
40 Top of the order?
42 DNA units
44 1990s game console release, initially 45 Strong feeling
46 '60s-'70s singer born Ellen Cohen
50 Catcall?
53 Circumstances, idiomatically
54 Hilarious
55 Look for
56 Certain something 57 “Obviously!”
58 Put away
59 Highland language 60 Irritations found in clouds 61 Iowa Department of Transportation city
DOWN
1 “Naturalis Historia” author 2 Poker for knights?
3 Old Dodges
4 It often looks like gibberish 5 “No more discussion”
6 Like turnpike ramps 7 Wisconsin college
8 Abu Dhabi bigwig
9 Shaking event
10 Prolonged list, as of complaints
11 “It's safe to sit next to me” 12 Onetime accessory for Britney Spears and Keri Russell 13 Nonkosher sandwich, usually
21 Techie stereotype 22 “Hakuna Matata” lifestyle 25 Ones in it for the long haul 27 Mitt Romney's alma mater: Abbr.
28 Modern folklore
29 Card game played by Phileas Fogg
30 Annual observance celebrating commitment to the planet
31 Behind
32 __ tem
36 Darwin's __ Beagle
37 Graph point's x-coordinate
39 Low joint
41 Turtle's mouth
43 Vital vessels
44 Didn't play
46 Crete's highest elev.
47 Top squad
48 Martin or Miller
49 “I'ma Be Me” stand-up comic
Wanda
51 Kodos' alien cohort on “The Simpsons”
52 It can be pumped
53 Honey, in slang