LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Way to play music that’s a hit? 9 Words after a deep breath 15 Where the action is?

16 The __ Brothers: “Black Water” band

17 Egg option 18 Position 19 Mulligans 20 Lavender brew 22 Jacob’s twin 23 Unagi roll fish 24 “Food’s getting cold!”

27 “The Namesake” actor Penn

28 Big Mac rivals? 31 Four-part cooking series starring Samin Nosrat

37 “How’s about this instead!?” 38 Election system that gets the press involved? 39 Alums-to-be 40 Big bird 41 Shortish releases 42 Instrument once plucked with a quill

44 “Who’s this under?”

48 Hot pockets? 53 Sunny? 54 Friendly gesture 55 Ulaanbaatar’s country

57 “You’re making me blush!” 58 Oktoberfest snacks

59 Pushes boundaries?

60 Be reasonable

DOWN

1 Food contraction that omits “ome” 2 Melts for

3 Estée Lauder subsidiary

4 Spin on a classic ballet performance? 5 Some queens 6 “Hugo” actor Butterfield 7 Brief meeting? 8 Eye annoyance 9 “We Shall Overcome” phrase 10 Principled

11 Tesla stock? 12 Help with a heist

13 “I forgot what to say!”

14 Threads owner 21 Posts a GIF, perhaps

25 Miles away 26 Some Apple Design Award winners

27 Breaded cutlet dish

28 Mani-__ 29 William the Conqueror’s burial place

30 Single party election?

31 Small suctions on cups?

32 Vegan gelatin substitute

33 Cuts

(off) 34 Overflowed 35 Release 36 Prepare to go out again?

42 Chai __

43 Labor group 45 “It’s Not Me, It’s You” singer Lily 46 Sends flying, perhaps

47 Rub off

48 Site with stepby-step guides 49 Fish tacos choice, on menus

50 Condition that may respond to

CBT or LSD 51 Boomers at a concert?

52 Sensitive

53 NCOs who know the drill

56 Jennifer Affleck, __ Lopez