LA Times Crossword

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Actress Vardalos : NIA 4. Chapel vow : I DO 7. Fine apparel : ATTIRE 13. Bird that gives a hoot : OWL 14. Stock horror film servant : IGOR 15. Came down and spoiled the picnic : RAINED 16. Open __ night : MIC 17. Persistent ache : NAGGING PAIN 19. Ski resort feature : SLOPE 21. Self-defense spray : MACE 22. Fey of “Date Night” : TINA 23. Window section : GLASS PANE 25. D.C. pro : POL 26. Yard sale caveat : AS IS 27. Bar for circus swingers : TRAPEZE 31. Long-faced : SULLEN 34. Tire, with “out” : WEAR … 35. Controlled Substances Act org. : DEA 36. Hyde Park buggy : PRAM 37. Madison Ave. pro : ADMAN 39. Main point : GIST 40. Lincoln or Ford : CAR 41. Poker variety : STUD 42. Lawn service company that merged with TruGreen : SCOTTS 44. Fairbanks resident : ALASKAN 46. Period of prosperity : BOOM 47. Windy City train org. : CTA 48. Heartthrob in the band One Direction : LIAM PAYNE 53. Off-kilter : AWRY 55. Fuzz

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Close to closed : AJAR 5. Salad veggie : RADISH 11. Its “M” stands for “Motoren” : BMW 14. Batty : DAFT 18. Ashton’s spouse : MILA 19. 2002 “Friends” Emmy winner : ANISTON 21. French monarch : ROI 22. Barbarian : OGRE 23. Off-season at a nudist camp? : CLOTHING TIME (from “closing time”) 25. Stock female roles : INGENUES 27. Caribbean getaway : ST THOMAS 28. Dollhouse Christmas decoration? : PEEWEE WREATH (from “Pee Wee Reese”) 30. Reveal, poetically : OPE 31. Sale limitation word : PER 32. Early Indo-European : ARYAN 33. Hot : STOLEN 36. Abandon : DESERT 38. Silver and gold : METALS 43. Defrost in the microwave? : POWER THAW (from “power saw”) 45. Cubes for cooking : DICES 48. Longtime Dolphins coach : SHULA 49. Reggae’s __ Kamoze : INI 50. Ham, to Noah : SON 51. Two, for most folks? : THUMB TOTAL (from “sum total”) 53. English critic Kenneth : TYNAN 56. Folks : PEOPLE 60. Worker in a garden : BEE 61. Apple

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Actor Omar with three NAACP Image Awards : EPPS 5. 007’s watch, in the later films : OMEGA 10. Sent to, too : CC’ED 14. Independent African country since 1960 : MALI 15. Santa-tracking acronym : NORAD 16. Jennifer of “Pride and Prejudice” (1995) : EHLE 17. Line erasers? : PLASTIC SURGEONS 20. It carries a charge : ION 21. Stable attendant : HOSTLER 22. Half an ouchie? : BOO 23. Despicable : ROTTEN 25. Genre with ad images : POP ART 27. Stores with a blue-and-yellow logo : IKEAS 28. NYC subway line : IRT 31. “The Divine Comedy” division : CANTO 32. Necklines? : CAROTID ARTERIES 35. Tablet since 2013 : IPAD AIR 36. Title line after “Gray skies are gonna clear up” : PUT ON A HAPPY FACE 44. Actress Aimée : ANOUK 45. Sites with masked workers, briefly : ORS 46. Timeworn : BANAL 47. Delivered a screed : RANTED 49. “Man is condemned to be free” philosopher : SARTRE 50. Thou follower, often : … ART 51. Butler’s classic

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Actor Omar with three NAACP Image Awards : EPPS 5. 007’s watch, in the later films : OMEGA 10. Sent to, too : CC’ED 14. Independent African country since 1960 : MALI 15. Santa-tracking acronym : NORAD 16. Jennifer of “Pride and Prejudice” (1995) : EHLE 17. Line erasers? : PLASTIC SURGEONS 20. It carries a charge : ION 21. Stable attendant : HOSTLER 22. Half an ouchie? : BOO 23. Despicable : ROTTEN 25. Genre with ad images : POP ART 27. Stores with a blue-and-yellow logo : IKEAS 28. NYC subway line : IRT 31. “The Divine Comedy” division : CANTO 32. Necklines? : CAROTID ARTERIES 35. Tablet since 2013 : IPAD AIR 36. Title line after “Gray skies are gonna clear up” : PUT ON A HAPPY FACE 44. Actress Aimée : ANOUK 45. Sites with masked workers, briefly : ORS 46. Timeworn : BANAL 47. Delivered a screed : RANTED 49. “Man is condemned to be free” philosopher : SARTRE 50. Thou follower, often : … ART 51. Butler’s classic

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Caesar’s fault : CULPA 6. Big box office success, slangily : BOFF 10. PC scroll key : PGUP 14. Rental brand with a hyphen : U-HAUL 15. Like the 1998 Pikachu Illustrator card : RARE 16. Source of fizz : SODA 17. Stock up time? : BULL MARKET 19. Does sum work : ADDS 20. Hebrew wishing well? : SHALOM 21. Shrimper’s catcher : TRAWL NET 23. More than dream : ASPIRE 25. Atlanta campus : EMORY 26. Dreamt, perchance : SLEPT 29. Monument Valley features : MESAS 31. Zero chance : NOT A HOPE 33. Starfleet Acad. grad at the helm : LT SULU 38. Woman in the picture : ACTRESS 39. Old duple-time dances : PAVANES 40. Some religious sculptures : PIETAS 41. Limited state : FINITUDE 42. Event with a horse : VAULT 44. “How Do I Live” singer : RIMES 45. Binary pronoun : HE/SHE 49. Quit : RESIGN 51. “Unbelievable!” : IT CAN’T BE! 53. Hilly terrain features : RIDGES 57. Retreat : LAIR 58. Negotiation-ending words : FAIR ENOUGH

Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Popular peck picker : PETER 6. Sinister “Smallville” supervillain : LEX 9. Ghastly gargantuan gorilla : KING 13. Peaceful : IRENIC 15. Wire service initials : UPI 16. Music halls of old : ODEA 17. Black-and-white bears : PANDAS 18. Like the most rarefied air : THINNEST 20. DFW postings : ETDS 21. Queens tennis stadium : ASHE 23. Small type size : AGATE 24. Seafood delicacy : ROE 25. “I’m Free” musical : TOMMY 27. White House foreign policy gp. : NSC 30. __ school : PREP 31. Conniving carrot cruncher : BUGS 35. Fantastic Four foe : DOCTOR 38. Self-disqualification : RECUSAL 40. Camden Yards team : ORIOLES 42. Fret (over) : AGONIZE 43. Like a short report : ONE-PAGE 44. Acted badly : SINNED 45. Sticky situation : MESS 46. “You said it” : AMEN 49. NFC East team, on crawl lines : NYG 50. Tall toon toothpick : OLIVE 51. Big Pharma watchdog: Abbr. : FDA 54. Flirty Fleischer flapper : BETTY 58. “Me? Never!” : NOT

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Campus VIP : DEAN 5. __ East, Chicago-based pizza chain : GINO’S 10. Remove politely, as one’s hat : DOFF 14. Entreat : URGE 15. “__ Mio” : ‘O SOLE 16. Malevolence : EVIL 17. Bullied : BROWBEATEN 19. Word processor command : SAVE 20. World Golf Hall of Famer Aoki : ISAO 21. Used TurboTax, perhaps : E-FILED 23. Breakfast fare : FLAPJACK 27. Actor Mineo : SAL 28. Take to a new planter : REROOT 29. “12 Years a Slave” director Steve or “Bullitt” star Steve (not the same person) : MCQUEEN 33. Farewell that is bid : ADIEU 34. Pumps and platforms : SHOES 36. Sorbonne article : UNE 37. Black-plumed pond swimmer : COOT 38. See 54-Across : CLUBS 39. “__ glad to!” : I’D BE 40. Hung. neighbor : AUS 41. Gives the heave-ho : BOOTS 42. Rebuke : SCOLD 43. Stirring up, as resentment : STOKING 45. Solid alcohol : STEROL 46. Circle segment : ARC 47. Commoners : POPULACE 49. Like Dagwood’s wife : BLONDE 52. Ottawa-based flying

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Clever or stylish : SMART 6. October gem : OPAL 10. Most eligible, draftwise : ONE-A 14. Temple scroll : TORAH 15. “The X-Files” agent Scully : DANA 16. Gym specimens : BODS 17. Film character #1 (played by George C. Scott in 1984) : EBENEZER SCROOGE 20. Non-commercial TV commercial : PSA 21. Order (around) : BOSS 22. Canadian province with a French motto : QUEBEC 23. New Mexico art hub : TAOS 24. Little bears : CUBS 25. Film character #2 (played by Leo G. Carroll in 1938) : JACOB MARLEY 29. Polished off : ATE 32. Go along (with) : AGREE 33. Spot for an AirPod : EAR 34. The Grinch’s dog : MAX 35. Meadow bleats : BAAS 36. Fronts of hands : PALMS 38. __ torch: party light : TIKI 39. Commercial URL suffix : BIZ 40. Sac fly result : RBI 41. Makes simpler : EASES 42. No particular one : ANY 43. Film character #3 (played by Kermit the Frog in 1992) : BOB CRATCHIT 46. Like many breakfast bars : OATY 47. Resound : EC

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Pumpkin-growing place : PATCH 6. Bitter : ACRID 11. Heat in the microwave : ZAP 14. How a timely stage entrance is made : ON CUE 15. Letter after eta : THETA 16. “Strange Magic” band : ELO 17. Pieman meeter of rhyme : SIMPLE SIMON (giving “simple sugar”) 19. Jack of “Barney Miller” : SOO 20. Persian Gulf ship : OILER 21. Croc’s cousin : GATOR 23. Bovine baby : CALF 26. Toronto NHL team : MAPLE LEAFS (giving “maple sugar”) 29. Upper crust groups : ELITES 31. Corp. kingpin : EXEC 32. Baseball’s Doubleday : ABNER 33. Pad __: Asian noodles dish : THAI 35. Bank acct. addition : DEP 38. Artificial sweetener … and what the end of 17-, 26-, 48- and 58-Across is, literally : SUGAR SUBSTITUTE 42. Moody music genre : EMO 43. Scheme : PLOT 44. Capital of Morocco : RABAT 45. Motown music genre : SOUL 47. Highly adorned : ORNATE 48. Iconic hat-shaped L.A. restaurant : BROWN DERBY (giving “brown sugar”) 53. Hershey’s nibble :

L.A. Times Daily - Dec 23 2018 Clues Answers "... and your little dog, too!" dog TOTO "I'm with you" METOO "Mandatory Fun" parodist, familiarly WEIRDAL "Mr. Blue Sky" band ELO "On the Bus With Rosa Parks" poet Dove RITA "Scarface" setting MIAMI "Such a pity" SOSAD "The Black Cat" author POE "The Thin Blue Line" director Morris ERROL "Three Coins ..." fountain TREVI

LA Times Crossword 22 Dec 18, Saturday   Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Hypoallergenic wool : ALPACA 7. Chinese way of life : TAOISM 13. Be the victim of a slaying? : ROAR AT 14. Taiwanese drink originally made with milk and tapioca pearls : BOBA TEA 15. Sports cheaters : DOPERS 16. Series of celebratory visits : PUB CRAWL 17. Squeeze (out) : EKE 18. Fixes, as a pump : RESOLES 20. Green span : LEA 21. Convention : NORM 23. Because it fits : APTLY 24. Cat’s hangout : SILL 25. Prominent parade brass : TUBAS 27. The Cuban? : LAS 28. Wolf in “The Jungle Book” : AKELA 29. Kicks back : TAKES IT EASY 32. Place for a frozen treat : GELATO STAND 34. Response to a welcome return : WE MISSED YOU 36. Apps with errors : BETAS 39. Avril follower : MAI 40. Stopped lying : AROSE 42. Drained of color : ASHY 43. Sharp picker-upper : TALON 45. Put under : DRUG 46. Early Melotone Records competitor : RCA 47. Produce aisle option : ORGANIC 49. Turn sharply : Z

LA Times Crossword 21 Dec 18, Friday   Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Spite : VENOM 6. Don’t believe it : MYTH 10. Lying lion in “The Lion King” : SCAR 14. Colleague of Samuel and Sonia : ELENA 15. Yorkshire river : OUSE 16. In fine fettle : HALE 17. Cartoon drawing of Rip Van Winkle? : SLEEPER CEL (from “sleeper cell”) 19. Camera part : IRIS 20. Blackens : TARS 21. “We need to get a cat!” : EEK! 22. Set off : IGNITE 24. Decoration for a Tinseltown party gift? : HOLLYWOOD BOW (from “Hollywood Bowl”) 27. Seat for a shot : STOOL 30. Piedmont province : ASTI 31. Orchestral gong : TAM-TAM 33. Salem winter hrs. : PST 34. Hat-removing event : GUST 38. Be off base : ERR 39. Dismiss a disobedient film computer? : FIRE HAL (from “fire hall”) 42. Future fish : ROE 43. “Oliver Twist” type : WAIF 45. Farm mom : SOW 46. It may be held or bitten : TONGUE 48. “Insecure” Emmy nominee __ Rae : ISSA 50. Bad looks : LEERS 51. Dixie hospitality, e.g.? : SOUTHE

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Goes out : EBBS 5. Car ad fig. : MSRP 9. Poppy extract : OPIUM 14. Stretched to the max : TAUT 15. Cambodian cash : RIEL 16. Italian grandma : NONNA 17. West Coast gas acronym : ARCO 18. Violation of trust : INFIDELITY 20. Kipling’s Rikki-__-Tavi : TIKKI 22. __ Dane : GREAT 23. Familia member : TIA 24. Really get to : NETTLE 26. Beeps and peeps : NOISES 28. Fluffy neckwear : BOA 30. Acts charitably : DOES GOOD 32. Ararat lander : ARK 33. “__ be married, / My grave is like to be my wedding bed”: Juliet : IF HE 34. Potentially offensive, briefly : NOT PC 38. Bumbling one : BEE 39. MDX ÷ X : CLI 40. Unlock, in verse : OPE 42. Bit of soccer support : OLE! 43. Feature of some Gene Autry songs : YODEL 45. Pasternak heroine : LARA 47. “An everyday spud is a commentator,” e.g. : PUN 48. Super Soaker, e.g. : WATER GUN 51. It starts in Mar. : DST 52. Distressed damsel’s cry : SAVE ME! 55. Do business with : SELL TO

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Quite puzzled : AT SEA 6. Often-painted body part : NAIL 10. Those with privileges, briefly : VIPS 14. Sturm und __ : DRANG 15. Midshipman-to-be: Abbr. : USNA CADET 17. Flowering plant also called May bells : LILY OF THE VALLEY 19. “That’s precious!” : IT’S A GEM! 20. Big name in riding mowers : DEERE 21. Actress Arthur : BEA 22. __ Lingus : AER 24. Leftover food bit : ORT 25. Pig out : GORGE ONESELF 31. Equipment : GEAR 33. Like the light at twilight : DIM 34. Small, in a small way : LIL’ 35. 1960 King Coleman dance song : DO THE HULLY GULLY 40. Whitewater rafter’s need : OAR 41. Quarterback Manning : ELI 42. Proof word : ERAT 43. “Galveston” singer : GLEN CAMPBELL 48. Caveman Alley : OOP 49. Wasn’t active : SAT 50. “A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay : AVA 53. Bewitch : CHARM 56. Rhodes __ : SCHOLAR 59. Title subject of a children’s song that ends with “cheese stands alone” : FARMER IN THE DELL 63. Underp

L.A. Times Daily - Dec 18 2018   Complete List of Clues/Answers Across 1. Zsa Zsa’s older sister : MAGDA 6. NYC winter hours : EST 9. Italian city known for its cheese : PARMA 14. How French fries are fried : IN OIL 15. Sgt., e.g. : NCO 16. Knight’s horse : STEED 17. *Entrance protection from the elements : STORM DOOR (firestorm & fire door) 19. Moneyed group : HAVES 20. “You’re asking too much” : IT’S A LOT 21. Yankee or Oriole, for short : ALER 22. __-deucey : ACEY 24. *Monopoly utility : WATER WORKS (firewater & fireworks) 27. Metal fuel holder : GAS CAN 29. “Honestly!” : I SWEAR! 30. John at a piano : ELTON 31. Winter wear : COAT 34. Wall and 42nd, in NYC : STS 35. *Lotto America, since 1992 : POWERBALL (firepower & fireball) 39. Egyptian snake : ASP 42. They’re drawn in pubs : ALES 43. Western law group : POSSE 47. Shallow sea areas : SHOALS 50. Trouser measure : INSEAM 51. *Home security system : HOUSE ALARM (firehouse & fire alar

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Hindu royals : RAJAS 6. Tool with jaws : VISE 10. Mixer with Scotch : SODA 14. Lightweight vacuum first sold to hotels : ORECK 15. Pianist Gilels : EMIL 16. Eve’s second son : ABEL 17. Peppy-sounding cracker brand : ZESTA 18. El __: ocean current : NINO 19. Completely occupy, as an arena : FILL 20. Well-to-do : SITTING PRETTY 23. Above, to poets : O’ER 24. Drinks with crumpets : TEAS 25. Instruction to a bank to make periodic payments : STANDING ORDER 31. Loving squeezes : HUGS 32. Beer whose logo suggests a prize winner, initially : PBR 33. Chopping down : AXING 36. Ocean east of N.C. : ATL 37. Central Illinois city : DECATUR 40. Funny Tina : FEY 41. Rep’s sales target : QUOTA 43. + or – particle : ION 44. Criticize sternly : SLAM 45. Pink slip : WALKING PAPERS 49. Picnicker’s worry : RAIN 50. Spanish “that” : ESA 51. Ship’s required nighttime illuminators : RUNNING LIGHTS 57. __ B’rith : B’NAI 58. “Paula’s

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Pole, e.g. : SLAV 5. Old toon feline with an alley gang : TOP CAT 11. Pro Football Hall of Fame state : OHIO 15. Moonwalker Shepard : ALAN 19. Pad starter : HELI- 20. Stir up : AROUSE 21. Early sci-fi captain : NEMO 22. Travels randomly : GADS 23. EARTH : “HEART” BROKEN 25. AIDE : CRAZY “IDEA” 27. Muss up, as hair : TOUSLE 28. Soup kitchen service : FREE MEAL 30. Leave slack-jawed : STUN 32. Shrub with a purple fruit : SLOE 34. Lab dish eponym : PETRI 38. Workout aftermath, often : SORENESS 42. Grizzled seafarers : OLD SALTS 47. Harmless cyst : WEN 48. Eastern path : TAO 49. CRANED : EXOTIC “DANCER” 51. You take them at your own risk : TIPS 52. Kwik-E-Mart owner : APU 53. Belief system : CREDO 54. Bar assn. member : ATTY 55. “Strange __ may seem … ” : AS IT 56. Impediment : RUB 57. Sugar portions : CUBES 58. Bookstore adjuncts : CAFES 60. Inscription on a spine : TITLE 61. Tickled pink : PLEASED 63. Tijua

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Brakes : SLOWS UP 8. Do a sauce preparation job : DEGLAZE 15. Wedding employee : LIMOUSINE DRIVER 17. One always looking up : ETERNAL OPTIMIST 18. Meander : WEND 19. 42nd’s second : GORE 20. Food buyer’s consideration : TASTE 21. Polish removers : ACETONES 24. One of 20 in many books : MATCH 27. Pizza party purchase : SODA 28. Stress-free locale, ideally : SPA 31. Global warming concern : ICE CAP 33. Private dining area : MESS TENT 36. “Death at a __” (2010 comedy) : FUNERAL 38. Cooling-off period : DETENTE 39. A, often : FRONT ROW 41. Hemsley’s role on the sitcom “Amen” : DEACON 42. Hill climber : ANT 43. What happy concertgoers want : MORE! 45. Perfect places : EDENS 46. Deeply saddens … or delights : MAKES CRY 48. Parting sentiment : PEACE 52. Little, playfully : ITTY 53. First name in late-night talk : DAVE 57. Bar association concern : AMBULANCE CHASER 60. Top dog? : PICK OF THE LITTER 61. First name in

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. O on a stand, say : ISSUE 6. “Pokémon: The Series” genre : ANIME 11. Ceremonial exchange : I DOS 15. “The Nightmare Room” series author : STINE 16. Misses without exception : WOMEN 17. Dirty work? : PORN 18. Scuba diver’s destination : WRECK 19. Paramount paramour? : ALPHA ROMEO (from “Alfa Romeo”) 21. Sandwich title? : EARL 22. Watches kids : SITS 23. Sit tight : BIDE 24. Greek goddess carrying a pick? : AFRODITE (from “Aphrodite”) 26. Applies with force, as brakes : SLAMS ON 29. Jelly bean-munching president : REAGAN 30. Color gradation : HUE 31. Modest acknowledgment : I TRY 32. Wolverine relative : WEASEL 35. In the cooler : ON ICE 36. Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers : PHUN WITH FONICS (from “Fun with Phonics”) 40. Some satellites : MOONS 41. Back up anew : RESAVE 42. European wine area : ASTI 43. Mend, perhaps : SEW 44. iHeartRADIO fare : OLDIES 49. Inventor’s cry of success :

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. “__ just won’t do” : THIS 5. “What a relief!” : PHEW! 9. New Zealand mystery author Ngaio __ : MARSH 14. Automaker whose name means “Hark!” in Latin : AUDI 15. Peace of mind : EASE 16. Expiate, with “for” : ATONE … 17. Should we name the kid after the eldest Brady son or the James Bond author? : GREG OR IAN? (looks like “Gregorian”) 19. Done in : SLAIN 20. “Cray” and “totes adorbs,” e.g. : SLANG 21. Same old routine : RUT 22. Moans and groans : CARPS 23. Trip letters : LSD 25. __ it coming : HAS 26. Should we roll this old piano away or put it in order? : WHEEL OFF OR TUNE? (looks like “Wheel of Fortune”) 34. Word in many hymn titles : PRAISE 35. Bit : IOTA 36. Unheard-of? : NEW 37. ’50s-’60s car features : FINS 38. Continental currency : EUROS 40. As it happens : LIVE 41. Swampy area : FEN 42. Places for me-time : SPAS 43. Some party reminders : E-VITES 45. Should we read a religious pamphlet or watch a movie a

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Israel Philharmonic music director Zubin : MEHTA 6. Hook-shaped ski lift : J-BAR 10. Calculator button : PLUS 14. Common Era starting date : ONE AD 15. Hebrides language : ERSE 16. Low-tech leaf-blower alternative : RAKE 17. Indian town in the Himalayas : DARJEELING 19. “Best Song __”: One Direction hit : EVER 20. Flow’s partner : EBB 21. The “P” of rock’s ELP : PALMER 22. Badlands landform : MESA 23. Angles : SLANTS 25. Spring singer : ROBIN 27. Prefix with graph : TELE- 28. Glass of public radio : IRA 31. Dug up dandelions, say : WEEDED 34. Scout’s discovery : TALENT 37. There’s always a hole in one : GREEN 38. Hot state : IRE 41. Spy film poison : CYANIDE 43. Record label for Pink : RCA 44. Facebook option : SHARE 46. Surfer’s gadget : REMOTE 48. Gourmet mushrooms : MORELS 50. D.C. bigwig : SEN 51. “Unique everything” website : ETSY 55. Peruvian pack animal : LLAMA 57. Not quite spherical : OBLATE 59. He

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. With 18-Across, R.E.M. guitarist : PETER (BUCK) 6. Microscope glass : LENS 10. All snuggled in : COZY 14. Support piece : BRACE 15. 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA 16. Black-and-white cookie : OREO 17. Anglo-__ : SAXON 18. With 35-Across, 10-time “SNL” host who was Belushi’s straight man in samurai routines : BUCK (HENRY) 19. Restaurant handout : MENU 20. Gritty film genre : NOIR 22. “We are gathered __ today … ” : HERE 24. “Say that’s true … ” : IF SO … 27. Speedway event : RACE 29. Entertainment award quartets, for short : EGOTS 33. Swiss skiing spot : ALP 34. Pops, to tots : DADAS 35. With 44-Across, hitter of 755 home runs : HENRY (AARON) 36. “Perhaps I’m wrong” : MAYBE NOT 38. Takes effect : SETS IN 39. What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess : TWO FIRST NAMES 41. Climbs, as a cliff : SCALES 42. Staggered : TEETERED 44. With 57-Across, “Breaking Bad” actor : AARON (PAUL) 45. Gives (out) spar