LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stress-relieving

gifts

12 Title in an order 15 Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses

16 Court call

17 Fox on TV 18 Prelude to a kiss? 19 Podcast feed

letters

20 Zelle and Venmo

21 Editor’s tool

23 Any of 12 popes 24 Run

25 Some highlands

musicians

28 Salt Lake Bees and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

29 “Who’s better

than me?!” 30 Drops in the air 31 Red choice 32 Tips for a writer 33 2020 Isabel Wilkerson bestseller subtitled “The Origins of Our Discontents” 34 Stud locale 35 Night sch. class 36 Gals, in dated

slang

37 Winds

38 Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group 40 Polarizing figure? 41 Agreements

42 “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are __!”: 1978 album

43 Opening night

invitee 44 Untimely?

45 Evil computer who

says, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that”

48 Bulls and bucks

49 Tailor’s device

52 “Dig in!”

53 Actor who played Tony Rodriguez on “NYPD Blue” 54 Some corporate

IP

55 Display that may have rotating shelves

DOWN

1 Nicola Yoon’s “The Sun Is Also a __”

2 Cribbage pieces 3 x, y and z, in math 4 All-clad product 5 “Steps in Time”

memoirist 6 Intellectual

property?

7 Keurig pods 8 Concerns for some orthopedic surgeons, initially 9 HS proficiency

test

10 Sap

11 Doja Cat hit with the lyric “Send your location, come through” 12 Ensures that change is in the air?

13 Scrooge,

ultimately

14 In top form 22 One of the “Blackish” parents 23 NOLA cagers 24 Brewery

equipment 25 Pouch with a

woodsy scent ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

26 Mudslide 39 Rubbish

element 40 Shower 27 Attention getters element 28 Target section 42 Actor Jeanclaude 30 Shop keepers? Van __ 33 Focus of many 44 Fragrant a true crime neckwear podcast 45 Dance with a 34 Letterhead kahiko style

feature, often 46 Trojan War god 36 Just 47 __-majesté 37 The Lascaux 50 Pops

bulls, e.g. 51 Pollen holder