LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fancy alternative to a classic necktie

6 Time sheet abbr. 9 Meat salad from

Laos

13 Shop

14 Informal assent 15 Third-longest

African river 16 “Push It” hiphop trio

18 Verdi work 19 “Am __ picky?” 20 Mattel game based on Crazy Eights

21 Spoke

monotonously

22 Omen

23 Mardi Gras 25 Traveler’s

stopover 26 Hypotheticals 27 Crumb-carrying

critter

28 App annoyances 29 Microbe 31 Freeze over 33 Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across 37 Extinct birds 38 Russian denial 40 Foldable bed 43 2016 Summer

Olympics city 44 Meditation

sounds

46 Period of history

48 Inclination to use biting sarcasm

51 Quick cut

52 Say again

53 GPS suggestion 54 Support staff

member

55 Artist’s stand

56 “Feels like” figure that combines temperature and humidity

58 Foul moods

59 “I __ your

pardon?” 60 “Basic Instinct”

actress Sharon 61 IRS IDs

62 Poem of praise 63 Puts a stop to

DOWN

1 Birthplace of St.

Francis 2 Announcing 3 Choices at

perfume counters 4 WWE champion Randy who had a long rivalry with John Cena

5 Low card in a

royal flush 6 African scavengers whose cries sound like laughter

7 Transplant in the greenhouse

8 Relaxation station

9 Slimming surgeries, informally

10 Meeting outline

11 Go over again, as a contract

12 Blended sitcom family of classic TV

15 “All sales are final”

17 Bit of smoke

21 Sand formations

24 Snack in a shell

26 Mount Olympus dwellers, e.g.

30 “Awesome!” 31 Allstate’s industry: Abbr.

32 Foot the bill

34 “American __”: rock musical based on a Green Day album

35 Twelve sharp

36 Many a Disney Channel star

39 Poseidon’s staff

40 Gentle touch

41 Quite a lot

42 Deflects through

a basketball rim

44 Electrical interruption

45 Run into

47 Pinnacles

49 Info, slangily

50 Avarice

51 Father Christmas

56 “Barry” cable network

57 “Or so” suffix