LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Rene of “Ransom” (1996)
6 Not as expensive 10 A bit loopy
14 Part of “the works” on a burger
15 Old man, in German 16 Needle case 17 1950 Gloria Swanson film 20 Peanut butter choice
21 Like wax fruit 22 Note from one who’s shy? 24 Laser pointer chaser
25 1979 Jim Henson film
33 Get out of bed 34 Jazz instruments 35 Peruvian singer
Sumac 36 Squirrel’s hoard 37 Credited in an endnote 38 Place to tie up a boat
39 24-hr. cash source 40 Equestrian 41 “That’s __!”:
“Piece of cake!” 42 1988 Demi Moore
film
45 News initials
46 __ bunt: productive MLB out
47 Looks at closely 52 “John Wick” star Keanu
57 2002 Woody Allen film ... or what each of the last words of 17-, 25and 42-Across can be
59 “Garfield” dog 60 Baseball family
name
61 Dalai Lama’s land 62 Have a craving for 63 Appraise 64 Clairvoyants
DOWN
1 PBS painter Bob 2 E pluribus __ 3 Chinese: Pref. 4 Fair-to-middling 5 Previous
6 Chem class 7 Fair-haired Wells
race
8 Flabbergast 9 Chose
10 Actor Danny who appears in M&M’s commercials 11 Run __: drink on credit
12 Roll and bind, as a sail 13 Laundry soap brand 18 Commandment pronoun 19 Red-wrapped cheeses
23 Positive aspect 25 “The __ is out there”: “The XFiles” catchphrase 26 Blackjack request 27 Handy Scrabble tile 28 Eucharistic plate 29 Applies, as pressure 30 Competing (for) 31 “Know what __?” 32 Wyatt of the Old West
33 Future MD’s class 37 1860s NorthSouth conflict 38 Letter before
omega
40 Settle, as a debt 41 Climbs
43 Rental from a
renter
44 Tortoise racer 47 Website with step-by-step instructions 48 “Star Wars”
sentence inverter 49 Tiger Woods’ ex 50 1970 Kinks hit 51 Chimney residue 53 Actress Falco 54 Vague feeling 55 The “E” in DOE:
Abbr.
56 Some NCOs 58 Deserving