LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Roughly
5 Skin blemish 9 Poetic contraction 12 Inheritance
recipients 14 Slurpee-like drinks 16 Astronaut
Jemison 17 Parade with strict
precision
19 Body shop fig. 20 __ Lanka 21 Conclusion 22 One providing
misguided support 24 Milan opera house 26 Pull up stakes for
one’s co.
27 Hint
30 Starbucks size 31 Gains a lap 32 “Stay right there!” 34 Fuel economy
meas.
35 Tropical storm 36 More inclusive 40 See red? 41 Sorting factor in
some directories 42 Blessing
44 British noble 45 “Saving Private
Ryan” event 46 Medical pros 47 Opens, as a gift 49 Sound bite, e.g. 51 Sked info
52 April 15 payment 55 Original Beatle
Sutcliffe 56 Metaphor for something that
can’t be changed, and what’s found
five times in this puzzle? 59 Keystone figure 60 Lofty nest 61 Shrub that may
be toxic 62 Informer, maybe 63 Saxophone insert 64 Repair
DOWN
1 Electrical units 2 Caboose
3 Virtual assistant
on Apple devices 4 Goblinlike fantasy
creature
5 South Dakota national park known for its air currents 6 Rm. coolers 7 Share again, as
a joke
8 “Ooo La La La”
singer __ Marie 9 Brunch dish 10 Stands in a
studio 11 Nostalgia
inducing
13 “__ Butter Baby”: Ari Lennox/J. Cole song 15 Hydrotherapy
spot
18 Not negotiable 23 Bandits
24 Live it up
25 Pub choice 27 Public health
agcy.
28 Poet Mina or
actress Myrna 29 Chapel Hill sch. 31 Ad
33 Like freshly cut
lawns
34 Fred Flintstone’s
boss
36 Raced (along) 37 Family man 38 Horvath of “The
Rings of Power” 39 Marina del __,
California 41 Bar code?
42 Cereal eater’s
proof of purchase 43 Keep busy 44 Unabridged 46 Secretaries, e.g. 47 __ Peninsula: Michigan home of Yoopers 48 Cushions
50 Pretoria’s land:
Abbr. 52 Umpire’s cry
53 Mathematician
Turing
54 Randall Munroe’s
webcomic of “romance, sarcasm, math, and language” 57 Two truths and a __: icebreaker game
58 Autumn flower,
for short