L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 They clean up 9 Menu category including shells

14 Park, for one 15 Monopoly player? 16 Sign in many restaurant windows 17 Emblem on a dollar bill 18 For or against 19 Parisian street food 21 CPR group

22 “__ Story” 23 Reasons for sighs 25 Female rabbit

26 Like “Home Alone” 28 City NNW of Park City 31 Many glasses are sold as one

33 Queen dowager of Jordan

34 Browning but not

cooking

35 Have the ability to

36 Ripped

37 Barbecue tool feature

38 Fireside sight

39 Like some tricks

40 Showed scorn

42 “Erie Canal” mule

43 App update messages,

say

46 Award show VIPS

DOWN

49 Egg dropper 50 Plane, for one 51 “What can I help you with?” speaker 52 Clear out

54 It often includes a colon 56 Amtrak speedsters 57 Retreat from, as a previous statement 58 Gives up 59 Clomps (through), as a puddle

1 Renaissance faire contest 2 Challenging H.S. science class

3 Clingy, say

4 Memo intro

5 Menlo Park, N.J., notable 6 Pythia of the Temple of Apollo, for one 7 Vintage

8 MS enclosures 9 Volkswagen sedan 10 MGM motto word 11 Safe room barrier 12 Baseball or soccer 13 Start of a Shakespeare title

15 Its lines have lines 20 Hazards

23 Sting 24 Ingredient in the Indian dish dal 25 Discourages

27 Like a cloudy London day

28 Goes (for)

29 Gentle parting sentiment 30 Criticized publicly 31 Charley, in Steinbeck's “Travels With Charley” 32 National Mustard Day mo.

35 Adheres ... or separates

39 “__ Kapital”

41 Angle symbols

42 Boardwalk activity

44 Online show offering Hollywood info 45 Update after a new survey, maybe

46 Biblical prophet

47 “Time in a Bottle”

singer

48 Some islands have them

49 Temperature control syst.

51 They're often rivals 53 Ginger __

55 Ring decision, briefly