LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Court sport, for

short

6 Pen tip

9 Building manager,

casually

13 Nest on a crest 14 Ostrichlike bird 15 Country between

Togo and Nigeria 16 TikTok posts by

some pet owners 18 Went astray

19 __ upon a time ... 20 College URL part 21 Actor Danny in

Jersey Mike’s ads 22 Neither’s partner 23 Tart sprinkle for

fish and chips 25 Words of

compassion 27 Say confidently 28 Indian lute 30 Singer Yoko 31 Autumn

35 Appraiser’s

determination 39 Like most

software, once 40 Mass. MLB team 41 Ziff who’s infatuated with Marge Simpson 42 Tequila order 44 Beyond compare 46 Ability to see in

low light

50 To and __ 53 Flattened at the

poles, as Earth 54 Knee injury initials 55 Sty fare

56 Seize illegally 57 Inflatable river float, or what the answers to 16-, 23-, 35-, and 46-Across have 59 Looks for 60 Shar-__: wrinkly

dog

61 Dine at home 62 Fades to black 63 Curved piece 64 Small songbirds

DOWN

1 Turkey__: breakfast meat that’s both halal and kosher 2 Game of chance

similar to bingo 3 Writer who visits

a lot of galleries 4 Word in many concert album names

5 Floral wreath 6 Pine leaf

7 “See ya”

8 Mass transit

option

9 Facility with a supercomputer array

10 Strip of gear, as

a ship 11 Michelangelo sculpture in St. Peter’s

12 Ewoks’ home

15 Fashion designer

Geoffrey 17 Sweetheart 21 Hunk of turf 23 Quaint suffix with

school

24 Barn topper 26 Players who have mastered the art of the deal? 28 NorCal airport 29 Suffix with

Dickens or Orwell 30 Signs off on 32 Wind instrument that might have a curved head 33 French pronoun 34 Director Ang 36 Over

37 Naan relative 38 Narcissistic 43 Encrypted URL

starter

44 Dine outside 45 Part in a film

46 “It’s pointless”

47 Playwright Henrik 48 Used Elmer’s

49 More

levelheaded 51 “Good Morning America” co-anchor Roberts 52 Unseals 55 Celebrity 57 Hoppy beverage with New England and West Coast varieties

58 “Go back” button:

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