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

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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Painter Neel known for nudes 11 “What’s mine is __” 12 Meh 14 In need of a doggy bath, maybe 17 Key with four sharps 22 No longer valid 23 Garden entrance 26 Hypo units 27 Fish at a sushi bar 28 Anti-apartheid org. 29 “Gross” 30 Episodes on YouTube, say 31 Fish at a sushi bar 32 Hidden asset? 34 Actress-turnedartist Sobieski 35 “__ Jones Sings Lady Day”: 2001 album 36 Title for Judi Dench 40 Moves smoothly 41 “Deal!” 42 Traction aid 43 Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green 44 “... unless you’d rather do something else” 45 Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. 46 Mournful tune 47 __ blockade 48 Take care of 49 Quaint oath 53 TV pioneer 54 However briefly?