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
DOWN
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22 No longer valid 23 Garden entrance 26 Hypo units 27 Fish at a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-turned
artist Sobieski 35 “__ Jones Sings Lady Day”: 2001 album
36 Title for Judi
Dench
40 Moves smoothly 41 “Deal!” 42 Traction aid 43 Gnarls Barkley singersongwriter 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?