LA Times Crossword

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. “Everything is ruined!” : WHAT A MESS! 10. Felipe’s assent : SI SI 14. Teacher and student in one : AUTODIDACT 16. On __ streak : A HOT 17. Gray day feature : CLOUD COVER 18. Buds : PALS 19. Red-and-white hat wearer : SANTA 20. Units : ONES 22. Weed-gathering org. : DEA 23. “Put your wallets away” : MY TREAT 26. Rich beverage : NOG 27. They need receivers : PASSERS 30. A parade may require one : DETOUR 32. Well-judged : SANE 33. Word before stand or hold : WITH- 35. Snow __ : WHITE 36. Mounted, in a way : HUNG 37. Word from the Arabic for “friend” : SAHIB 39. Unemployed : IDLE 40. Homophone for a word of permission : ALOUD 42. Deceive on the ice : DEKE 43. “Being so great, I have no __ to beg”: “King Richard II” : NEED 44. Cattle drive figures : RIDERS 46. Timon of “The Lion King,” e.g. : MEERKAT 48. Panamanian pronoun : ESO 49. Back : ENDORSE 51. USN bigwig : ADM 52. Bad lot : DOOM 53. Unskilled workers :

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Logician Turing : ALAN 5. 15-Across protagonist : RIPLEY 11. HMO group : MDS 14. Try out, briefly : DEMO 15. 1986 sci-fi sequel : ALIENS 16. Exist : ARE 17. Give it the old college try : DO ONE’S LEVEL (BEST) 19. Spray __ : GUN 20. It’s no exit : ON-RAMP 21. Start of a cheer : SIS 22. Await judgment : PEND 23. Woman in the Book of Ruth : NAOMI 24. Sailing pronoun : SHE 25. “Much appreciated,” in Munich : DANKE 26. Aligned : TRUE 27. Benchmarks on the way to mastery : GOOD, BETTER, (BEST) 29. Pigs out (on) : ODS 30. One may be rolled out in a stadium : TARP 31. Plenty : OCEANS 32. Lip-thrusting look : POUT 33. N.Y.C. part : YORK 34. Make even smoother : RESAND 37. N.W.A rapper __-E : EAZY 38. Posed : SAT 41. “Please don’t expect any more from me” : I’M TRYING MY (BEST) 43. Comedian Daniel : TOSH 44. Start of an old late-night intro : HERE’S … 45. Daybreak deity : EOS 46. “It’s __ than I thought” : WORSE 47. Nothing like wetlands : ARID

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Save for later : LAY ASIDE 9. Place to doodle : MARGIN 15. Smooth talker : OPERATOR 16. 1969 World Series competitor : ORIOLE 17. Watchmakers never retire, they just __ : WIND DOWN 18. Elite area of the pop charts : TOP TEN 19. Passionate about : INTO 20. Musicians never retire, they just __ : DECOMPOSE 22. Beetle-shaped artifact : SCARAB 25. Grad school grillings : ORALS 26. FDA overseer : HHS 27. Urban network : ROADS 30. First name in architecture : EERO 33. Prime letters? : USDA 34. Acclimate gradually : EASE IN 36. One not seen on “MTV Unplugged” : AMP 39. Beekeepers never retire, they just __ : BUZZ OFF 41. Anonymous surname : DOE 42. Pal : PAISAN 44. Polish language : EDIT 45. Actress Collette of “United States of Tara” : TONI 46. “Chasing Pavements” singer : ADELE 47. Some mil. hospitals : VAS 50. Spew out : EGEST 53. White weasel : ERMINE 55. Tree surgeons never retire, they just __ : BRANCH OUT 59.

  Across 1. Fictional archaeologist Croft : LARA 5. Prep for fight night : SPAR 9. Furry critter who helped disable the shield generators on Endor : EWOKS 14. Major work : OPUS 15. La Scala song : ARIA 16. “Mack the Knife” singer : DARIN 17. *Jewelry alloy : WHITE GOLD (whitefish & goldfish) 19. Pull together : UNITE 20. Frenzy : MANIA 21. Plumeria garlands : LEIS 23. CIA relative : NSA 24. “__ recall … ” : AS I 25. *Genre that may be featured in the Eurovision Song Contest : SWEDISH ROCK (Swedish fish & rockfish) 29. Serenade : SING TO 31. “Good comeback” : TOUCHE 32. Palm starch : SAGO 33. Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy : VEEP 37. London insurance pioneer : LLOYD 38. *Sleight-of-hand scam : SHELL GAME (shellfish & game fish) 41. Dispatch boat : AVISO 44. Apple desktop : IMAC 45. Former Virginia senator Charles : ROBB 49. Sesame paste : TAHINI 51. Daffy, for one : LISPER 53. *Food brand whose products include Caribbean curry paste and Jamaican je

Complete List of Clues/Answers   Across 1. Language of southern Africa : BANTU 6. City west of Tulsa : ENID 10. Gas station machines : PUMPS 15. Bran benefit : FIBER 16. Traditional teachings : LORE 17. Undersea WWII threat : U-BOAT 18. Pre-euro coin : FRANC 19. Historical times : ERAS 20. Email back : REPLY 21. With 27-Across, 50-Across classic : THE CATCHER … 24. “Star Trek” captain Jean-__ Picard : LUC 27. See 21-Across : … IN THE RYE 28. Dean’s list no. : GPA 31. Number that’s a square of itself : ONE 32. “Neither snow __ rain … ” : NOR 33. Tags on bags : IDS 34. Fishy bagel topper : LOX 35. Play sections : ACTS 37. Words repeated after “Whatever” in a Doris Day song : WILL BE 40. Halloween garb : CAPE 41. Because of : DUE TO 43. With 59-Across, liver delicacy : FOIE … 44. Tear up : SHRED 45. 50-Across work featuring the two youngest Glass siblings : FRANNY AND ZOOEY 48. “La Cage aux Folles,” for one : FARCE 49. Come up : ARISE 50. Author born 1/1

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