LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pushover 6 Pleased with
oneself
10 Appt. book lines 13 USWNT star
Kelley
14 Misstake in this
clue, e.g. 15 “Uh-huh” 16 *Stage show featuring traditional Irish music 18 Double-helix
molecule
19 Digit that can be
wiggled
20 One of the Three
Bears
21 Carpenter’s
fastener 23 *Candice Bergen
sitcom
25 Refine metal
27 Ensign’s
affirmative 28 Creep around 29 “30 Minute Meals”
host Rachael 31 Disappearing
Asian sea 35 *Extras in a bowl
of chowder 38 Unwanted garden
plant
39 Industrial tub 40 Lent a hand to 41 “I __ you big-time!” 43 Train station
postings, for short 44 *1960s counterculture slogan
49 Tilted, to a Brit 50 Hoppy beverages,
for short
51 Dazzle 54 Colorado Nhlers,
in headlines 55 Complete a morning chore, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue can do
58 “Get it?”
59 Signed off on
60 Giant squid’s
home
61 Bucks and boars 62 Throw to a tight
end, say
63 __ dots
DOWN
1 Separate, as
laundry
2 Dayton’s state
3 #1 preference,
slangily
4 Three, in Turin
5 Rabbi’s headwear
6 Item sold in
sheets and coils 7 Avian mimic 8 Bars scanned by
checkers 9 Elapses
10 Prefix with
electric 11 Continue a
subscription 12 Give rise to 17 Game room
missile
22 More dilapidated 23 Major tantrum 24 Actress Dacosta
of “Chicago Med” 25 __ terrier 26 Creative
inspiration
28 Piglet’s 20-Across
29 Maker of HD
tablets 30 “Wherefore __
thou Romeo?” 32 “Sanford and
Son” star Foxx 33 Bloodthirsty
Greek god 34 Perceptionchanging drug, for short 36 Winnebago
driver, briefly 37 Place to buy
frosted desserts 42 Swiffer alternative 43 Thwack 44 Speedy DC
Comics superhero 45 Flood barrier 46 Sahara havens 47 Roads with tolls 48 Newspaper
opinion pieces 51 Ill-fated biblical
brother
52 Not very powerful 53 Irish novelist
O’brien
56 Pseudonym
lead-in
57 Green prefix