LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Knot remover 8 Not pointless? 15 Took too many
courses? 16 “Marvelous” 17 Sent along
18 One pulling his weight around Christmas 19 Caper
20 Stuff on the deck 22 Proactiv target 23 European underground nickname 25 Forbids 26 Flood insurance, once upon a time 29 Copycat’s talent 30 Alley goop 31 Toasting candidate 33 Grizabella the Glamour Cat’s solo
36 Single from Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” 38 Some navels 39 Puerto Rico’s __ de Morro 40 Hosp. sections 41 Warehouse supplies 42 Darn things 43 Vince with 18 CMA Awards 45 Lacking versatility 47 Raised eyebrow, e.g.
48 Nine Inch Nails founder Reznor 49 Stomach 53 Brewery sugar 55 Where old records may be kept 57 Congo line? 58 Do an inside job?
59 Fair rewards 60 Small restaurants
DOWN
1 “Brothers & Sisters” matriarch 2 Square
3 Gael, for one 4 Nocturnal Asian snake 5 Singer ranked #10 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time 6 Sporty truck, briefly 7 Framework for retiring 8 “Yowza!” 9 “Honestly!” 10 Matching 11 Toronto’s prov. 12 Party bites from the toaster oven 13 Maroon at a chalet, maybe 14 Coppers 21 Hybrid roast 24 Olympic gear 25 Film fawn 26 Basic studio class 27 “Deadpool” actor Reynolds 28 Group concerned with good breeding 30 Camper’s anchors 32 Speakeasy circulator 33 Bungle 34 Word with home or slide 35 Stinging response 37 House coat 41 Ugly looks 43 Xbox devotee 44 Kirkuk native 45 Name on “The Magnificent Ambersons” theater poster 46 Pulitzer-winning film critic 48 Terry’s role in the original “Wizard of Oz” 50 Structural beam
51 Inflict on 52 They’re split 54 Check for drinks 56 Org. with an “Odd News” web page