LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Kindergarten
basics
5 1996 film that earned Frances McDormand her first Oscar 10 Tapped brew 14 Ever so 15 Cooked at home 16 Church recess 17 Business maj. 18 Java joint 20 Snooze
21 Cash dispensers 22 Beginnings 23 Affixes in a
scrapbook, say 25 Not too late 26 In-demand spot
at a busy bistro 30 Italian evening 32 __ number:
product ID 33 Activate, as an
alarm 34 Resistance unit 37 Patio
40 Deed
41 Pedicure
beneficiaries 43 Improper
treatment 45 “Ignore that
suggested edit” 46 Source of lumbar
support
50 Muscle injury 52 Oscar-winning
song from “Selma” 53 With no markup 54 “How’ve you __?” 57 “His Dark Materials” actor __-Manuel Miranda 58 Deliberately ambiguous language, and an apt description of 18-, 26-, and 46-Across 60 Edinburgh
resident
61 Poker pot starter 62 Code with dots
and dashes
63 __ Alto, California 64 Clarinet need 65 Concluded
66 “... with __-foot
pole!”
DOWN
1 Get even for 2 “Don’t freak out” 3 Appear
unexpectedly 4 Thesaurus entry:
Abbr. 5 Indisputable point 6 Elemental
particle
7 Officials who may
cry foul 8 Animated pic 9 Low-scoring tie 10 Jazz band
member 11 Collectibles such as ticket stubs and matchbooks 12 Understood by a
select few 13 Counts at a gym 19 Sinusitis doc 21 Until now
24 Sci-fi film extras,
briefly
25 “Let me see if
that’s possible” 27 Italian three 28 Low-ranking
soldier on base 29 Relating to
element 56 31 Fitting
34 Bonus sports
periods
35 Warm element in
some massages 36 Rom-com
encounter 38 Many a sports
trophy 39 Endorse
digitally 42 Pulsed, as lights
in a light show 44 Bracket shape 46 Defiant retort 47 Meme feline 48 Baltimore MLB
player
8/29/23 49 Jazz trumpeter
Marsalis
51 Syst. with hand
gestures 53 Hebrew month
before Nisan 54 The __ of Avon 55 Besides
56 __ out a living 59 Immense weight 60 Galentine’s Day destination, perhaps