LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pinnacle

5 Zither kin

9 Is profitable

13 Like a clown car’s

passengers

15 __ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach

16 Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say 18 Condition that may be treated with CBT

19 Hand (out) 20 Coding shortcut 21 Activities Rudolph was kept from joining

24 Dudes

25 2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson

26 Sagan who hosted the original “Cosmos” 28 Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe

30 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson 33 Southern part of the Mariana Trench

37 Certain sib 38 Engrave

39 With competence

40 “Don’t __ me

started”

41 20s dispensers 43 Leafy side 49 Unsettling, in a

way

50 Word on Irish

coins

51 Issa of “The

Lovebirds”

52 Not conforming to traditional male/ female norms, and a hint to this

puzzle’s circles

55 Burn balm 56 Prison drama that was Jonathan

Demme’s

directorial debut 57 Multitude in a

pointillist painting 58 Copied 59 Norway’s most

populous city

DOWN

1 Person in a cast 2 Jim who sang “I

Got a Name” 3 Time to celebrate

with one’s krewe

mates

4 First responder:

Abbr.

5 First responders,

e.g.

6 “Easy on Me”

singer

7 Rodeo contestant 8 GIF alternative 9 Land on an

isthmus

10 Painter Neel

known for nudes

11 “What’s mine

is __”

12 Meh

14 In need of a doggy

bath, maybe 17 Key with four

sharps

22 No longer valid 23 Garden entrance 26 Hypo units

27 Fish at a sushi bar 28 Anti-apartheid org. 29 “Gross” 30 Episodes on

Youtube, say 31 Fish at a sushi bar ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

32 Hidden asset? 44 “... unless 34 Actress-turnedartist you’d rather do Sobieski something else” 35 “__ Jones Sings 45 Summary at the Lady Day”: 2001 start of a new album season, e.g. 36 Title for Judi Dench 46 Mournful tune 40 Moves smoothly 47 __ blockade 41 “Deal!” 48 Take care of 42 Traction aid 49 Quaint oath 43 Gnarls Barkley 53 TV pioneer singer-songwriter 54 However Green briefly?