L.A. Times Crossword
ACROSS 1 Stress-relieving gifts
12 Title in an order
15 Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses
16 Court call
17 Fox on TV
18 Prelude to a kiss?
19 Podcast feed letters
20 Zelle and Venmo
21 Editor’s tool
23 Any of 12 popes
24 Run
25 Some highlands
musicians
28 Salt Lake Bees and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
29 “Who’s better than
me?!”
30 Drops in the air
31 Red choice
32 Tips for a writer
33 2020 Isabel Wilkerson bestseller subtitled “The Origins of Our Discontents”
34 Stud locale
35 Night sch. class
36 Gals, in dated slang
37 Winds
38 Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group 40 Polarizing figure?
41 Agreements
42 “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are _ _!”: 1978 album
43 Opening night
invitee
44 Untimely?
45 Evil computer who says, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that”
48 Bulls and bucks
49 Tailor’s device
52 “Dig in!”
53 Actor who played Tony Rodriguez on “NYPD Blue”
54 Some corporate IP
55 Display that may have rotating shelves
DOWN 1
Nicola Yoon’s “The
Sun Is Also a _ _”
2 Cribbage pieces
3 x, y and z, in math
4 All-Clad product
5 “Steps in Time”
memoirist
6 Intellectual property?
7 Keurig pods
8 Concerns for some orthopedic surgeons, initially
9 HS proficiency test
10 Sap 11 Doja Cat hit with the lyric “Send your location, come through”
12 Ensures that change
is in the air?
13 Scrooge, ultimately
14 In top form
22 One of the “Blackish” parents
23 NOLA cagers
24 Brewery equipment
25 Pouch with a
woodsy scent
26 Mudslide element
27 Attention getters
28 Target section
30 Shop keepers?
33 Focus of many a
true crime podcast
34 Letterhead feature,
often
36 Just
37 The Lascaux bulls,
e.g.
39 Rubbish
40 Shower element
42 Actor Jean-Claude
Van _ _
44 Fragrant neckwear
45 Dance with a kahiko
style
46 Trojan War god
47 _ _-majestŽ
50 Pops
51 Pollen holder