L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Up state?

5 Had kittens

9 Big hits, for short 12 Shows emotion 14 Mary Oliver, e.g. 15 Welcome message to a waiter

16 Goddess whose temple on Palatine Hill glowed at night

17 Wreath that may be stored in a fridge 18 “Got everything?” 19 Benched way too long 20 Look that makes waves? 21 Places to find temples and bridges

23 One of Sue Bird's WNBA record 3,234 26 Hardest to see

27 Runs across

28 Paris native 29 Shepherd's greeting 31 Shoegaze band Yo La __ 32 North Dakota Natives known as the Arikara 33 Cory Booker, once 35 Med. condition exhibited by Hannah on “Girls” 36 Puts on the line

38 Apt rhyme for “quake”

39 Like a golfer who usually shoots around par 41 Gave title to 42 Churlish

43 __ Paragon: large shopping mall in Bangkok 44 Jazz combo set 45 En passant pieces 47 Gives clearance 50 Fenty Beauty founder, to fans

51 Coffee break exchange 53 Decides 54 Haphazardly

55 Sue Bird's WNBA career 6,803: Abbr. 56 Autumn stone

57 Bit of trouble

DOWN

1 Fat with a very high smoke point 2 Golfer Thompson 3 Std. that starts every March

4 Places for hot shots 5 Nonstarters 6 Interpretation 7 Basic solutions 8 “Power” role for Rotimi 9 Soup du jour alternative 10 Complex protest?

11 Temporary reprieve 12 NBC show with more than 950 eps 13 Vigilant

14 Column of smoke

19 Wet periods

20 Notify

22 Molecule studied by Joan A. Steitz 23 Concerning 24 Unsolicited screenplay 25 Beach volleyball spots 26 Nail biters 28 Exercise that works the upper body 30 Network signal 34 Noise before a break-in 37 Tags someone on Twitter, e.g. 40 “Groundhog Day” director

41 Shabby

43 Balloon

44 Go down

46 Pasta __ Norma 47 Capital with ferry service to Copenhagen 48 Scottish wedding garb 49 Plant, for one

51 __ Jima

52 Small intake