LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
It’s not clear Strategic corporate name change
12 Expert
15 Arm bone 16 Outshine 17 Cornish game __ 18 Home of the highest terrestrial biodiversity 21 Partner of mirrors 22 What duct tape
has a lot of 23 Computer operating system with a penguin mascot
24 Color like khaki 25 Little helper? 27 Identify 28 Texter’s segue 29 Building up 34 3-Down concern 37 ICU hookups 40 19th Greek letter 41 Airbag, e.g. 44 Craft measured in
cubits
45 What chefs do often
Single-file travelers, at times 47 “King Arthur’s
Song” musical 49 Red or Ross 51 Were, now 52 Baja’s opposite 1 5
46 54 __ Mahal 57 Chew out 59 Fast-food option
Extra
Superior
... or what this puzzle’s circled letters represent? Relations
Part of the CMYK color model 68 Bassoon cousin 69 It can cover a lot of ground Specter
Puts on 61 63 66 67 70 71
DOWN
1 Rupture
2 Cub : bear :: cria :
___
3 Group with a rep 4 Arrange in order 5 Rock’s __
Speedwagon 6 Beige relatives 7 Hallowed
8 What yeast makes dough do
Bldg. units Situation Room gp.
11 “You’re on!” 12 Do the minimum 13 Vile
14 Black stone 9 10 19 Bowling a 300,
e.g.
20 Pinches
26 Turn while seated 28 MLB scorecard
entries
29 Wonder Woman
adversary
30 Drops above the
ground
31 H.S. exam for
college credit 32 Georgia, once:
Abbr.
33 Courage
34 Apt rhyme for “aahs”
Italian dish of thinly sliced raw meat or fish
36 Do some informal
polling
38 Quash
35 39 “Fiddlesticks!” 42 George’s musical
brother 43 Energizer size 48 Liquefy
50 State of comfort 52 Secret __ 53 Numbers game 54 Fitness
portmanteau 55 Burning issue? 56 Ballet leaps 57 Upscale retailer 58 Slightly soggy 59 Frat party
costume
60 One may be self
cleaning
62 Spur
64 Cry of disgust 65 Western omelet
morsel