Crossword by: Brad Wilber and edited by Rich Norris
Welcome to the answers to the Saturday August 17 2013 LA Times crossword puzzle!
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Across Answers
1. Pretentious fop COXCOMB
8. Ring of Fire country JAPAN
13. Some brotherhoods FRIARIES
15. Slow-tempo Spanish dance BOLERO
16. “Who’s on First?” comic COSTELLO
17. Britt of “The Wicker Man” EKLAND
18. Resource in Montana/Wyoming’s Powder River Basin COAL MINE
20. Antique auto REO
21. Peacock Throne leaders SHAHS
24. Coltrane’s rendition of “My Favorite Things,” e.g. JAZZ WALTZ
26. Grandeur POMP
27. Majestic quality HALO
28. Launder money for, e.g. ABET
29. “This could get ugly!” UH OH
30. Diner cooker GRIDDLE
32. Dickens’s “Little __” DORRIT
34. Creator of Marryin’ Sam and Joe Btfsplk AL CAPP
38. Was a mentor to ADVISED
42. Earth tone ECRU
43. Amount to take DOSE
45. Edgar-winning mystery writer Stabenow DANA
46. “__: The Wanderer Talks Truth”: singer’s memoir DION
47. Triple THREEFOLD
49. Flooded field PADDY
50. Unsavory paper RAG
51. Brad, for one FASTENER
53. One of six official U.N. languages ARABIC
55. They’re often mixed EMOTIONS
59. Waiter’s observation I’M NEXT
60. Fertilizer compounds NITRATES
61. Try TASTE
62. Plainsong singer CHANTER
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Down Answers
1. Phased-out refrigerant compound CFC
2. Conquistador’s treasure ORO
3. They follow the nus XIS
4. Familiar slogan CATCH PHRASE
5. Creme-filled snacks OREOS
6. Actress Kunis MILA
7. Lab vessel connected to a vacuum pump BELL JAR
8. Regular “Laugh-In” feature JOKE WALL
9. Up, in scores ALL
10. LensCrafters rival PEARLE
11. Journalist Peter ARNETT
12. Crammer’s tablet NODOZ
14. Horn of Africa native SOMALI
15. Automotive pioneer Karl BENZ
19. Maker of PerformX sportswear IZOD
21. Tater SPUD
22. Seasonal chuckle HO HO
23. Spanish soap staple? AMOR
25. Beginner ABECEDARIAN
27. “Design on a Dime” network HGTV
31. Art movement born during WWI DADA
33. Obsession with an accent IDEE FIXE
35. __ test ACID
36. Nudge PROD
37. Weak PUNY
39. Altar assurances I DOS
40. “Bambi” creator Felix SALTEN
41. Peculiar to a locale ENDEMIC
43. Greg’s TV partner DHARMA
44. They have stops and keys ORGANS
47. Attribute TRAIT
48. Really, after “in” FACT
49. Historic Jordanian city PETRA
52. “Sex and the City” actor Chris NOTH
54. Get into the pool BET
56. Third Major Leaguer to reach 500 home runs OTT
57. Alumna identifier NEE
58. Lith., once SSR
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