LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Doctor Who”
genre
6 Air quality
monitoring org. 9 Wrap brand 14 Capital city of
Piedmont 15 Sigma preceder 16 System of beliefs 17 Cash in Eurasia? 19 Mars exploration
vehicle
20 Swede’s neighbor 21 __ Lingus 22 Many a dance
track
23 DOJ arm 24 Greetings from
the bear’s den? 27 Pass
29 Not at all
welcoming 30 Friendly opening 31 “__ Meenie”:
2010 pop single 32 Storybook bear 34 Bone, in Italian 35 Like an address
bar?
38 Jul. 4 shindigs 41 From Los
Angeles to San Bernardino 42 Crew
46 Driveway stuff 47 Kilmer of “Real
Genius” 48 Concern for a
software engineer 49 Tunes for some pathetic Dickens characters? 53 Tavern owner who
stocks Duff beer 54 Covers
55 Allow 56 Shellacking 57 When repeated,
“et cetera” 58 Rude greeting, or an apt title for this puzzle?
60 As good as it gets 61 Not keep up 62 Sonar sounds 63 Where chickens come home to roost
64 Bile
65 Map feature
DOWN
1 Payment to a
breeder 2 Having a decent
prognosis
3 Like many songs or movies in
Farsi
4 Spicy herb seasoning in gumbo
5 End to end? 6 Unshackles 7 French
endearment
8 Big gathering of
fans, casually 9 Disconcertingly
odd
10 Fragrance 11 Brings back to life 12 Campaign pros 13 Negating word 18 Not in circulation,
perhaps 22 Episode lead-in,
sometimes 24 Friendly opening 25 Bite gently 26 “Hamilton” Tony
nominee Phillipa 28 Name of 12
popes
32 Mass reading 33 “Open wide”
sounds 34 Fragrance 36 Shows bias 37 Out of this world 38 AC meas.
39 Spot for beer and
video games 40 Scannable
squares
43 Some Pacific
Islanders 44 Nemesis
45 Exam for pupils 47 Set taken by a
doctor
48 Feel sorry for 50 Charged
51 Of an arm nerve 52 Tufted marsh
plant
56 Destroy
57 Dark portion of a
Chinese circle 58 Arab name that
means “high” 59 Brand celebrating Hello Kitty’s 50th Mani-versary in 2024