LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Devices that may shed some light on a situation 10 “4X2=8” rapper

from Korea

13 Got credit, in a

way? 15 Consumed 16 Simple cocktail 18 Agcy. whose logo is an eagle holding a scale 19 Freelancer’s info 20 Event that might be called

“morp”

22 Two dry gallons 23 “__ Mañanitas”: Mexican birthday song 26 Artisan at Kells 27 De Armas of

“No Time to

Die”

28 Semisolid

dessert

30 Flax fabric

31 Fast tracks? 33 Element of 1990s

fashion

34 Sticks in

windows

35 Stand in a

painting class 36 Tries out 37 Handheld or holding hands, for short 40 Performs

brilliantly

42 __ Moines

43 Did some digging 44 Many a Mugler

garment

46 In the stars 47 Reddit Q&A 48 Celebration where many are out on the streets?

52 Bestie

53 Cry of horrible

realization? 54 Class for some immigrants: Abbr.

55 Cool footwear

DOWN

1 Place for some

nail trims

2 Camp nurse’s

item

3 Great Hill People 4 Flair

5 __ flare

6 Tally

7 Pilates roll 8 Employee’s perk:

Abbr.

9 Provided backup,

in a way 10 Twosomes

11 Flashers in a club 12 Sycophants 14 __-variance

tradeoff 17 Brooklyn MiLB

team

21 Stripes, florals,

etc.

23 “I got this!” 24 Herb honored with a National Medal of Arts in 2013

25 Sucked hard 28 Cancel one’s

order?

29 Go against 31 Paired symbols,

for short 32 Seasons, as pasta

water

33 Wants for

nothing 34 Nation in

the Lucayan Archipelago 35 __ room

37 Latke ingredient 38 “Dexter’s Laboratory” older sister 39 One of three snake species native to Britain 41 Assistant who can control HomeKit accessories 43 Cruel

45 Sturdy tan work

boots, slangily 46 Album buyers,

presumably 49 Auerbach of the

Black Keys 50 Prefix with

“pop” or “rock” 51 Hard-hitting

sound