LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Like that’s gonna

happen!”

5 Sleeps under the

stars

10 Kid-lit author

Silverstein

14 Clif Bar brand marketed to women

15 Catherine of “Best

in Show”

16 Ma tre d’s

question

17 Hard-to-please

dinner guest

19 “Metamorphoses”

poet

20 Take, as advice

21 “Time for us to

leave?”

23 Unadorned

25 Did some

storytelling

27 Poet

28 Honk

29 Handy bag

30 Moderate running

pace

31 Bit of eye

lubricant

32 Prattle

33 With 35-Across, anonymous voting method, and a hint to each set of circled letters

35 See 33-across

38 “Listen up, Luis!” 39 Google Maps

alternative 40 Colorful carp

42 Study, with “over” 44 Name on an iconic

New York deli

45 Zeus’ jealous wife 46 Photobomb of a sort involving a V sign

48 Entrance

49 Periodic table

item

50 Noble title

51 Land in un lago

52 Early “SNL” star who was one of the Blues Brothers 57 “Oh, brother!”

58 Skating, often

59 Swedish furniture

chain

60 Advantage

61 Polishes, as a floor 62 Stitches

DOWN

1 Matterhorn, e.g.

2 Fashion designer

Anna

3 Calling the shots

4 Spy’s passport,

say

5 Like Columbia University, since 1983

6 Cry of realization 7 Yoga studio item 8 Like jigsaw

puzzles

9 Cling wrap brand 10 Flying polar

predator

11 Attack 12 Political fugitive 13 Strung along

18 Hankering

22 Venetian

Christmas

23 Classic sandwich

initials

24 Vietnam neighbor 25 Chimney coating 26 Pal of Snap and

Crackle

28 Forest grower

31 Visine target

32 Ella Fitzgerald’s

genre

34 Ears you can get

lost in

35 Baseball clubs

36 “All righty then” 37 Singer __ Amos 39 Card-vs.-card

game

41 Actor McKellen 42 Throbbed

43 What a flamingo

often stands on 44 Single-edged

samurai sword

45 Biden’s VP Kamala 46 Light brown

47 Subsidize

48 Stir-fry pan

50 Caustic cleaners 53 Veto

54 Versatile blackjack

card

55 Archery wood

56 County prosecutors, briefly