LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bubbly stuff 5 Skiing venue 9 “Got it, man!” 14 Inventory evaluation acronym

15 Very top 16 Babysitter, maybe 17 Mtn. stats 18 Superstitious

warning

20 Quick

22 Word in Montana’s motto Pre-Columbian stoneworker 24 Apollo’s place 25 Word with

window or rum 26 Beach bird

27 One with secrets

to tell

28 Some judicial

officials 31 Want-ad letters 32 Get one’s signals crossed, say Creative writing assignment 34 Assurance

of honesty 36 “That’s a little better” Forced-air system output 23 33 40 41 Phi-psi link 42 Astounded

reaction 43 Workplace dispute negotiator 47 When repeated,

a football chant 48 Cry of dismay 49 What candles

may represent 50 Sneak

52 Phnom __ 53 Single dose? 54 Most unusual 55 Bush 43, for one 58 Kitchen

addition? 59 Spaghetti Western director Sergio

60 Cry out loud 61 An earring may be shaped like one

62 Vicks brand 63 Page with views 64 Sailing group

DOWN

1 Undesirably rapid hardening of concrete Specialized painting surface 2 3 Words spoken with a gentle hand gesture 4 German wine valley Billboard #1 song in 1975 and 2001 6 Mil. address 7 Vader enemy 8 Loaded with heat 9 Pasta ending 10 Lesser component of “The Legend of Zelda,” say 11 Six-sided fastener 12 Winter hangover? 13 Flower girl’s

tossings

19 “Let every heart prepare him room” song 5 By Greg Johnson (c) 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 21 Greek goddess

of the harvest 29 Mata Hari

portrayer 30 Brought back to work Tribe that sold horses to Lewis and Clark 37 Leaves in a chest 38 Nocturnal travel

guide

39 Stray protection 43 Places for pins 44 Former Soviet

premier Kosygin 45 Hit hard 46 Hand-wiping item 51 Well-rehearsed 56 Bug

57 Be behind 35 5-12-18