L.A. Times Crossword

Solutions on Page 26

ACROSS 1

Support that’s often

rigged

5 Role, metaphorically 8 Pair sharing a <3

necklace, probably 12 Instruments in some

Gershwin works

15 “I don’t mind _ _ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: Nash

16 Tabula rasa

18 Joie de vivre

19 Susan who wrote, “The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth”

20 Sources of fleeting

joy?

22 “Wrong hand, silly” 26 Active front?

27 Postulant

28 Grace period?

31 “Toodles!”

33 Tree on the

Lebanese flag

34 Latin law

35 Place to get high

and pass out?

37 Rx writers, often 38 Device that requires

spin control

40 Inoculation fluids 41 Literary alter ego 42 Self-consoling sigh 44 Animal in Aboriginal

cave paintings

46 Line on a

handwriting test 50 One of two tarot

card groups

51 Went viral

53 State whose road signs feature 8-Downs

54 Academic term

57 Nice parent

58 Dessert with a high

point

59 Son of Hera

60 GRE org.

61 Like a fly ball to the

warning track DOWN

1 Safari runners

2 Heterogenous union 3 One working with a

dictator

4 Perfectly

5 Lacks options

6 Rose up on stage

7 Leaves in a pot

8 Symbol of 53-Across 9 Was awash in

euphoria

10 Study aid 11 Three-part fig.

13 Bag

14 Eyelid issue

17 Make dough or bread 21 Earthenware vessel 23 Bags

24 Breeding grounds 25 Clipped

28 Wiped out

29 One having a cow? 30 Not well-done in the

least

32 Derived from gold 35 Brandon __: Hilary Swank’s “Boys Don’t Cry” role

36 Tiny tech powering Iron Man and Black Panther’s suits

39 Tours of duty

41 Sweet

43 Fox holes

45 “Mine! Mine! Mine!” criers in “Finding Nemo”

47 Small pouches

48 Poetic contraction 49 Polished

52 Get set

53 Actress Thurman 55 Rowing implement? 56 Many times o’er