LA TIMES CROSSWORD
1 Top that turns 9 Fictional brother withagreenhat 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?