L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Top that turns

9 Fictional brother with a green hat

14 Like some snowsuits 15 Lacks the wherewithal to 16 Vacant, as positions

17 Sets free

18 General who's the subject of the 2012 biography “All In”

20 Org. whose employees may have to lift 70-lb. bags

21 Country star at age 13 24 State secrets

25 “Va-va-__!”

26 “You got that right!” 27 Puck, say

28 Bouquet __

29 Resting place

30 Raymond James Stadium pro

31 Some stingers

33 Took off, slangily

35 Nice, for one

36 Holy smoke

38 Lines of thought?: Abbr. 39 Long on-screen

40 Feature

41 Hits hard

43 Bad thing to catch 44 Mirror image

45 Have trouble with chess? 46 “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” author

47 Gain competitor

48 Frequent Robert De Niro co-star

50 Bar supply

52 Portrayer of Nero in “Star Trek” (2009)

56 Skateboard moves

57 Bright lipstick color 58 President who had 15 children

59 Subarus named for a NYC area

DOWN

1 Measly amount

2 Jake Tapper's channel

3 Court official

4 Camp nurse's item 5 Cunning

6 Gael or Breton

7 Tart

8 Piano trio

9 The elephant is its national animal 10 Game with a colorful deck 11 Marketing limitation 12 Faces a jury

13 Alleged perp's denial

15 Driver, e.g.

19 Pricing word

21 Furry talisman 22 “Seriously?!”

23 Insurance may cover one

25 Handymen's transports

27 Lemons

28 Maddux in Cooperstown 30 Like paper clips

32 Valuable rocks

34 First name in early exploring

37 Lake in four states and Canada

38 Chinese ruler until 1912 42 Facet

43 Minor flaw

45 Perfect season spoiler 46 1983 Mr. T comedy 48 Raspberry

49 Multilingual assistant 51 Compete

53 Parabolic path

54 “Read Across America” org.

55 Showstoppers?