LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Element of ecclesiastical architecture 5 Pave over 10 Business magnate 14 Tailless cat 15 “Same here,”
more formally 16 Gold element of some religious paintings
17 Thing that may have twists and turns 18 Capacitance unit 19 Penny-__
20 Add bulk to cured
meat?
23 Pro Bowl org.
24 California’s Big __
25 Treat haricot verts to extra plant food?
32 Longtime “Dancing With the Stars” judge Goodman 33 “My bad”
34 Zelenskyy’s
country: Abbr. 36 Range units 39 Hubbub
40 __ del Carmen,
Mexico
42 Give some oomph
to pot stickers? 45 “No time to talk!” 46 Half of an
interrogation pair 47 Decryption need 48 Highway sign no. 50 WWII carrier
51 Dreyer’s partner
in ice cream 52 Concerns for commuters, or an apt title for this puzzle
55 Corn Belt state 58 Shiraz resident 59 Milton setting 63 Pub contest 64 Disciplined, in a
way
65 Roof overhang 66 Place to build 67 Months and
months
68 Was positive
DOWN
1 Band aid 2 Sidekick 3 Stuffed shirt 4 Length
5 Some drawings 6 Biblical birthright
seller
7 Renovator’s
protective cover 8 Key of
Beethoven’s
Sym. No. 7
9 Rolls past 10 Yogic spiritual
center 11 Off-the-wall
12 PC key near Z 13 Sturgeon delicacy 21 Young salamander 22 Have regrets
about
25 Turn into 26 Disorderly 27 Thing that may have twists and turns
28 Pakistani
language 29 Dance with a
queen
30 Fine point 31 Heavenly body? 32 Shortsighted
solution? 35 Rough, in a way 37 Org. concerned with plastic pollution 38 Buddhist teaching 40 One in a buffet
stack 41 Starbucks top 43 Paralyze with fear 44 “The Not-TooLate Show With Elmo” airer 49 Strange and
scary
50 Hard-hit baseball 52 Throw for a loop 53 Mandlíková in the International Tennis Hall of Fame
1/25/24
54 Try to find 55 Sharpness figs. 56 “Absolument!” 57 One with a knack for snappy comebacks 60 Auerbach of the
Black Keys 61 “House of the Dragon” actress Best
62 Word in four state
names