L.A. Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Hint of color

6 Biblical tower site

11Inquire

14 Play area?

15 Greek salad fruit

16 Sushi topper

17 Pride symbol

19 Texter’s “Hang on

a sec”

20 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” director Lee

21 No-frills font

22 Wee bit

23 Arachnid relative that resembles a crustacean

27 Sex therapy subject

29 Helpful supporter

30Loads

31 Give in a little

33Irritate

36 Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across

Brief alarm?

40 41Fake

42 43Gargantuan 44

Singer India.__ “The Country Girls” novelist Edna

46 Minty frozen treat at McDonald’s every

March

51 School year division

52 Swarms (with)

53 Noble _ _

56 With 11-Down,

Michigan college town

57 Nutty-tasting winter

vegetable

60 TNT part

61 Sounds from happy

cats

62 Loosen, as a knot

63 Storm center

64 Borden spokescow

65Utopias

DOWN 1

2

Actress Reid Setting of the graphic

novel “Persepolis”

3 People next door

4 “Erin Burnett OutFront”

channel

5 Knight’s tunic

6 “Ziggy Stardust” singer

David

7 Some Italian sports

cars, for short

8 Star of HBO’s “Barry”

9 Actress Longoria

10 Part of a race

11 See 56-Across

12Kinda

13 Shish _ _

18Approximately 22 Slippery, as a road 24 Barnyard sound

25 Actress Kurylenko

26 Utility abbr.

27 Newton trio

28 “Am _ _ early?”

31 Dividing lines

32 Luau strings, briefly

33 Diversify, in a way

34 Ohio border lake

35 Marvel mutants who

battle Magneto

37 Egg (on)

38 Macy’s red star, for

one

39 Literary “Listen!”

43 “I wonder ... “

44 Units of resistance

45 Language from

northern Spain

46Utter 47

“Atlanta” actor Brian Tyree _ _

48 Golfer Palmer, to fans

49 Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist _ _ Walsh Jennings

50 Pick up

54 Spelling clarification

phrase

55 Wally Lamb’s “_ _

Come Undone”

57Imitate

58 _ _-de-sac

59 German conjunction