L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Up state?
5 Had kittens
9 Big hits, for short
12 Shows emotion
14 Mary Oliver, e. g.
15 Welcome message to a waiter
16 Goddess whose temple on Palatine Hill glowed at night
17 Wreath that may be stored in a fridge
18 “Got everything?” 19 Benched way too long 20 Look that makes waves? 21 Places to find temples and bridges
23 One of Sue Bird's WNBA record 3,234
26 Hardest to see
27 Runs across
28 Paris native
29 Shepherd's greeting 31 Shoegaze band Yo La __ 32 North Dakota Natives known as the Arikara 33 Cory Booker, once
35 Med. condition exhibited by Hannah on “Girls” 36 Puts on the line
38 Apt rhyme for “quake”
39 Like a golfer who usually shoots around par
41 Gave title to
42 Churlish
43 __ Paragon: large shopping mall in Bangkok 44 Jazz combo set 45 En passant pieces
47 Gives clearance
50 Fenty Beauty founder, to fans
51 Coffee break exchange 53 Decides
54 Haphazardly
55 Sue Bird's WNBA career 6,803: Abbr.
56 Autumn stone
57 Bit of trouble
DOWN
1 Fat with a very high smoke point
2 Golfer Thompson
3 Std. that starts every March
4 Places for hot shots 5 Nonstarters 6 Interpretation
7 Basic solutions
8 “Power” role for Rotimi 9 Soup du jour alternative 10 Complex protest?
11 Temporary reprieve
12 NBC show with more than 950 eps
13 Vigilant
14 Column of smoke
19 Wet periods
20 Notify
22 Molecule studied by Joan A. Steitz
23 Concerning
24 Unsolicited screenplay 25 Beach volleyball spots 26 Nail biters
28 Exercise that works the upper body
30 Network signal
34 Noise before a break- in 37 Tags someone on Twitter, e. g.
40 “Groundhog Day” director
41 Shabby
43 Balloon
44 Go down
46 Pasta __ Norma
47 Capital with ferry service to Copenhagen
48 Scottish wedding garb 49 Plant, for one
51 __ Jima
52 Small intake