L.A. Times Crossword
Solutions on Page 26
ACROSS 1
“Not my first choice,
but it’s fine”
16 Dating milestones
17 Fare for some Catholics on Lenten Fridays
18 GPS heading
19 Comedian Foxx
20 Dubious ability
21 Cranks (up)
23 Talk dirty
27 Warts and all
28 Select
29 Peach
32 Smooch in a lift, say
33 Sportswear
portmanteau
37 “Been there”
39 Color choices for
bandages, e.g.
40 Sister who brings the snowman Olaf to life
41 “Chopped” host
Allen
42 Post-WWII alliance
43 Soften up
44 Knife block insert
46 _ _-Rooter
47 Gibbon, for one
49 Squeezed (out)
51 “CrazySexyCool”
trio 54 The Marshall
Project cause
59 Lacrosse strategy
60 Quality inspection?
DOWN
1 Rascals
2 Says
3 Lacking flavor or
experience
4 More succinctly?
5 Medical waste collected in red containers
6 Spots
7 Spot
8 Steers steers
9 Graynor of “The
Disaster Artist”
10 Gp. known for
screenings
11 Haggard, perhaps
12 Sequence
13 Social reformer
Jacob
14 Last
15 Retired boomer
22 “Bad and Boujee”
hip-hop group
24 Fictional detective who was born in Montenegro
25 Pentathlon
equipment
26 End in _ _ 27 Tattoo joint?
29 French Revolution device
“The Elephant Celebes” painter Max
31 Hertz prefix
32 Filter (through)
33 Perfume oil
34 “All _ _ in favor ... “
35 Female lobster
36 Nasty fall
38 “Mind. Blown.”
43 Change
44 Mexican cheese?
45 “Jojo Rabbit”
actress Wilson
46 Fill a flat again
47 “Rule, Britannia”
composer
48 Docking station
50 “The Power of the Dog” Oscar nominee Smit-McPhee
52 “Your _ _”
53 Tech news dot-com
54 Grammy category
55 Half an iconic 1981
Rolling Stone cover
56 Start to sense?
57 _ _ Matronic of
Scissor Sisters
58 Holiday celebrated
with b‡nh chu’ng