LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cardi B genre 4 Sneaky ploys 9 Fashion-forward 13 Boxing family

name

14 Permit 15 Transaction in a

barter economy 16 Stop by briefly 19 YA fiction, e.g.,

familiarly 20 Chews out

21 First name of actors Holland and Hollander 22 Auction unit 23 Make a rude

noise

31 Positive result at

the gym

32 Item on a to-do

list

33 “I figured it out!” 34 “The Favourite”

queen

35 Belgian surrealist

painter James 37 Freight barge 38 Way to go: Abbr. 39 Lydic of “The

Daily Show” 40 Big name in

canvas shoes 41 Be extremely

self-satisfied 46 Precursor to

overtime 47 Yellowfin tuna 48 Shops at

Goodwill, perhaps 52 Lose control, in

a way

56 Digress from the

main topic 58 Much-admired

celebrities 59 Italian herbal liqueur whose name means “bitter”

60 Assent from a bride or groom “Simple Twist of __”

62 Huffs and puffs 63 Sever, with “off”

DOWN

1 Thoroughly

engrossed 2 After-sun gel

ingredient 3 Speak (up) or

quiet (down)

4 Got close to

empty 5 Disc-tossing

team sport 6 Schedule

opening

7 Lip balm brand in spherical containers

8 Clear the deck? 9 Be inventive 11 Go nowhere with

the engine on 12 Leaders at the top of most corp. hierarchies 15 Beat strongly 17 Recite in a

singsong voice 18 Cry of pain

23 __ knots: intricate

Black hairstyle 24 Sharply hit

baseball 25 Magician/skeptic

The Amazing __ 26 Informant, in spy

lingo

27 Teensy bit 28 Played Mario

Kart, perhaps 29 __ Island Red 30 Swerves at sea 31 Attire

36 Tear to shreds 37 Enjoying Aspen,

perhaps 42 Suppress 43 Squabbles 44 “Who are __

judge?”

45 Safari

herbivores 48 “Bring on the

weekend!” letters 49 Kotb of “Today” 50 Part of a hair or

a tooth

51 Lose control, in

a way

52 “South Park” kid in a blue-and-red hat eye-fooling art 54 Ctrl-Z, on a PC 55 Sporty car option 57 Reddit Q&A