LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gallery display 4 Sweetener

option

9 Penner of classic

tributes

14 Spy rings? 16 Butter up, in a

way 17 Geographic feature of nine states 18 Unfamiliar 19 Common ingredient in wellness products 20 Sparks st. 21 Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang 22 Turkey bacon? 23 First name in

soul

25 “Some things are best left unsaid” 26 Creamy cold

beverage 28 However, briefly 29 “__ bien!” 30 Appropriate time for acting unprofessionally 34 “To put it mildly” 35 Spoilsports 36 Moccasin sound 37 Lack of space? 38 Hinged fasteners 42 Med. specialty 43 David Rakoff

compositions 46 “This is fun!” 47 Prepare, as

leftovers

49 Dude

50 Easy to

maneuver, at sea 51 Looks out for, in

a way 52 Ones fluent both in JavaScript and Klingon, perhaps 54 Creamy hot

beverage 55 Youngest MLB player to record 100 career home runs and 100 career stolen bases 56 Apprehension 57 Hide away 58 New beginning?

DOWN

1 Shock 2 Teaching aids that illustrate everyday life 3 Barbershop

fixtures 4 Insightful

remark 5 Fixin’ to 6 Tree whose roots contain nitrogenfixing organisms 7 Plush toy in a Margery Williams classic 8 Legal

conclusion? 9 “The Audacity of

Hope” memoirist 10 Longtime “Last

Call” host 11 “Should I believe

this?” 12 Dumpling cooker 13 Court activity 15 Long-tailed birds 21 In the saddle 24 Dull sound 27 Film site 29 Twain lad

31 Jazz classic with the line “My lonely days are over” 32 Many Bangkok

Post readers 33 Ice planet with tauntauns and wampas 34 Gallery visitor,

perhaps

35 Pour house? 36 Announce with

pomp

39 Leal of “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” 40 Tyson rival 41 Makes sure of 43 Facilitated 44 California town near the Oregon border 45 Tender spots 48 31-Down singer

James 52 Hesitant sounds 53 To the __ degree