LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 *Fictional swordfighter with a horse named Tornado

6 Weight

10 Early aughts

music buys 13 French bottled

water brand

14 At any point 15 “Go bother

someone else!” 16 Midterms and

finals

17 Largest city in Washoe County, Nevada

18 Hard precipitation 19 “Rules __ rules” 20 *“Parasite”

director 22 Leisurely walk 25 __ football 26 Promises of eventual repayment 28 Health product

chain

29 Holiday lead-in 31 *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States 35 Smart __: knowit-all

36 Bring to mind 37 Aussie animal, for

short

38 Deceive

39 __ ex machina 40 *Former MLB pitcher nicknamed “Flash”

42 Form 1099 org. 43 Org. concerned

with toxins 45 Ohio border lake 46 Completely stop 48 Formally charge 52 *Marvel supervillain who created deadly robot clones of himself

56 Female pig 57 Masjid prayer

leader

58 Cut, as grass 59 Throb

61 Slippery fish 62 Not doing

anything 63 Quartz type 64 Internet access

option

65 Throw in the trash 66 What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common?

DOWN

1 Greek Z’s

2 Not veiled 3 Platform on a

stage

4 Zodiac rodent 5 Add-__: extras 6 Day saver 7 Balanced

8 __ shui

9 USC athlete 10 Did an uncanny

impression of 11 Slumpedshoulders response to a task 12 Unaccompanied 15 Sneaker, e.g. 20 Indistinct memory 21 Fantasy creature 23 Pig talk 24 Dangling ear part 27 “In a sense, I

guess”

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party? 43 That, in Spanish 30 Class studying 44 Allow demand curves, 47 Dispensers of 20s for short 49 Five Pillars faith 31 “Star Wars” 50 __ Rica

knights 51 Preadolescent 32 Gets past 52 Ran out of battery 33 In-home 53 Extinct bird

appointment 54 Nocturnal birds 34 “Wow, this rocks!” 55 Singles 35 Broadcast 59 Kung __ chicken 38 Meat cut 60 “Blech”