Los Angeles Times

CROSSWORD

- Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Jeffrey Wechsler

ACROSS

1 One of the alkali metals 10 Enjoy a meal, with “down” 14 Lacking taste, say 16 Yul’s “Solomon and Sheba” co- star 17 Where fajitas may be seen 18 Senior suffix 19 Ability 20 Breaks down 22 Big extinct bird 23 “Frozen” snowman 26 Chem lab substance 28 Casino option 32 Exercise apparel 33 Out of control 34 Increase 36 Fungal rye disease 37 Wheel part 38 Attack, as with questions 40 Org. monitoring gas prices 41 Pram occupant’s diaper 43 __ lily: Utah state f lower 44 W. E. B. Du Bois’ Tennessee alma mater 45 Looks of contempt 47 Maker of Contadina products 49 Shakespear­e’s fairy queen 51 Evening in Paris 52 Dedicatory lines 53 Wings with rooms 55 __ fog 59 Outer layer 61 1963 Johnny Thunder hit 64 Footwear for the stealthy, maybe 65 “Where’s everyone else?” 66 Originate 67 Like some eggs

DOWN

1 With 31- Down, finalizes, in publishing 2 Short race 3 Approach the gate, perhaps 4 Wrestling maneuver 5 Blanche’s sister, in a Williams play 6 Number before Number? 7 Belief suffix 8 Pickup cousins, brief ly 9 Inconseque­ntial 10 Movie SFX 11 Request before reaching 21? 12 Savory baked bread 13 Hung in the balance 15 Dice, e. g. 21 Shortened a log 24 Ship that encountere­d Sirens 25 Rural spreads 27 Switz. neighbor 28 Campaigns rurally 29 “That was so stupid of me!” 30 Skills 31 See 1- Down 35 Pay 38 Talking Heads lead singer David 39 Cone- like candy 42 Little veggie 44 Patti Austin album dedicated to a legendary jazz vocalist 46 Frivolous 48 Piercing locale, perhaps 50 Disinteres­ted 54 Whiskey __ 56 Palindromi­c time 57 Grammy honoree 58 Duel tool 60 Mil. decoration 62 With “fix,” it describes itself 63 Land’s end?

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