LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 *“Yes, captain!” 7 Kansas City
cuisine, briefly 10 “Quickly!” letters 14 Period of self-care 15 Steal from 16 Greek philosopher known for a paradox 17 “Things are bleak” 18 *“Well, shoot” 20 Like many budget
reno projects 21 Aussie greeting 23 Wide variety 24 Underling
25 Little pigs count 27 *Immunotherapy
injection 31 Playground game 34 God
35 “Stop pouring” 36 Start of a play 37 Kayaking site 38 Scallion kin 39 Civil rights icon
Parks
40 Happily __ after 41 Move, in Realtor
lingo
42 Expand, as a
highway 43 Dreaming sleep
phase, briefly 44 *Plane
passenger’s
selection
46 “How about that!” 48 Surrender, as
territory
49 Janelle of
“Moonlight”
51 __ Strauss & Co. 52 Scrabble-like
game app, briefly
55 *Director’s “That’s
a wrap!”
58 Think highly of 60 “Rhyme Pays”
rapper
61 Job on a band’s
tour
62 Immersed briefly 63 Some long
lasting bulbs 64 Good Grips kitchenware brand
65 Capital of Greece, or a three-word hint to the answers to the starred clues
DOWN
1 In the thick of 2 Himalayan creature sometimes sought on “Finding Bigfoot” 3 Online crafts
marketplace
4 Sis or bro 5 Language that paints mental pictures
6 Kid-lit’s Clifford,
notably
7 Donkey sound 8 Decoration on a
wrapped present 9 NFL play callers 10 Sky blue 11 Encryption for
private messages 12 “My Way”
songwriter Paul 13 Small bouquet 19 Musical partner of Rodgers before Hammerstein 22 No place in
particular
24 Tosh of reggae 25 NBC singing competition hosted by Carson Daly
26 Fine-tune, as skills
27 Chicago’s __
Planetarium 28 Walk away
29 On the same
wavelength
30 Con artist’s aide
32 Hopelessly lost 33 Humongous 36 Come to light 38 Nursery bed 42 “Teamwork makes
the dream work!”
44 Smart __:
wiseacre
45 Reno’s state
47 Endures
49 Postal delivery 50 __ and for all 51 Danish toy maker 52 Clear, as data 53 Little songbird 54 Govt. agents 56 Sense of self 57 Shoot down 59 Freeway meas.