LA TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Tells
6 Randall Munroe
webcomic
10 In a tizzy 14 Instant success? 15 Move, informally 16 Athletic brand that makes Scoot Zeros
17 “So ... you’re not
saying no ... ?” 19 Conditionally give 20 “My mistake” 21 Contamination
process
23 Drab shade
25 Pet brand since
1946
32 Worked on the
road
33 “Good thinking!” 34 Congressional
auditing org. 35 Squeezes (out) 36 Devout
37 Some recyclables 38 __ Lingus
39 For company 40 Actress Tazel of
“Justified” 41 Correct
44 Thé addition 45 Singer who never toured outside North America 46 Spots for fireside
chats
49 “You must let me” 53 Actor who hosted “Scientific American Frontiers” from 1993 to 2005 54 Editorial piece,
perhaps
56 Side hustle option 57 Peignoir frill
58 __ wafers
59 Hit with an
intense beam 60 First asteroid landed on by a NASA craft 61 Wimbledon set?
26 “Rock’n Me” group
DOWN
1 Con __: with
vigor, in music 2 Word in some
mascara names 3 Receipt figs.
4 Is incumbent
upon 5 Congested, in
a way 6 Penetrating
gaze?
7 Escape room find 8 Jazz singer Laine 9 Files
10 Grace under
pressure
11 “Still wrong” 12 Hotel chain headquartered in Dallas
13 __ about
18 Short cut 22 Outlet
24 San Gabriel Valley city north of Whittier 26 Pike, e.g.
27 “Oh Myyy!
There Goes the Internet” memoirist 28 Largest subtropical wilderness reserve in North America 29 Wrinkles in time? 30 Actor Jack who often collaborated with David Lynch
31 “If I __ so myself” 36 Glitch in “The
Matrix,” maybe? 37 Rail yard piece 39 Busy, busy, busy 40 Celebrated 42 Capital of
Zimbabwe
2/3/24
43 Pernicious 46 Spoils 47 Heimdall player
in Marvel’s “Thor”
films
48 Box
50 “__ come to
me ... ” 51 Pitch well? 52 Buffet surface 55 Prefix with
footprint