LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rene of “Ransom” (1996)

6 Not as expensive 10 A bit loopy

14 Part of “the works” on a burger

15 Old man, in German 16 Needle case 17 1950 Gloria Swanson film 20 Peanut butter choice

21 Like wax fruit 22 Note from one who’s shy? 24 Laser pointer chaser

25 1979 Jim Henson film

33 Get out of bed 34 Jazz instruments 35 Peruvian singer

Sumac 36 Squirrel’s hoard 37 Credited in an endnote 38 Place to tie up a boat

39 24-hr. cash source 40 Equestrian 41 “That’s __!”:

“Piece of cake!” 42 1988 Demi Moore

film

45 News initials

46 __ bunt: productive MLB out

47 Looks at closely 52 “John Wick” star Keanu

57 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25and 42-Across can be

59 “Garfield” dog 60 Baseball family

name

61 Dalai Lama’s land 62 Have a craving for 63 Appraise 64 Clairvoyants

DOWN

1 PBS painter Bob 2 E pluribus __ 3 Chinese: Pref. 4 Fair-to-middling 5 Previous

6 Chem class 7 Fair-haired Wells

race

8 Flabbergast 9 Chose

10 Actor Danny who appears in M&M’s commercials 11 Run __: drink on credit

12 Roll and bind, as a sail 13 Laundry soap brand 18 Commandment pronoun 19 Red-wrapped cheeses

23 Positive aspect 25 “The __ is out there”: “The XFiles” catchphrase 26 Blackjack request 27 Handy Scrabble tile 28 Eucharistic plate 29 Applies, as pressure 30 Competing (for) 31 “Know what __?” 32 Wyatt of the Old West

33 Future MD’s class 37 1860s NorthSouth conflict 38 Letter before

omega

40 Settle, as a debt 41 Climbs

43 Rental from a

renter

44 Tortoise racer 47 Website with step-by-step instructions 48 “Star Wars”

sentence inverter 49 Tiger Woods’ ex 50 1970 Kinks hit 51 Chimney residue 53 Actress Falco 54 Vague feeling 55 The “E” in DOE:

Abbr.

56 Some NCOs 58 Deserving