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ACROSS
1 Kind of rain or
rock
5 Affect profoundly
8 Often-converted
residence
12 Like the “funny
bone” nerve
14 Poet Silverstein
15 Declare firmly
16 Early sustenance
for Bruce Wayne?
18 Country where
Quechua is
spoken
19 Great Plains
native
20 Pluto quintet
21 Gets on the
wrong train, say
22 Handing a St.
Louis team an
embarrassing
loss?
26 Mother with a
Nobel prize
27 Fight in the
backwoods
28 Vacation fill-in:
Abbr.
29 Message often
included in its
response
32 Central Dallas?
33 Tribal VIP’s
family?
37 Elastic wood
40 Sister magazine
of Jet
41 God with a quiver
45 Where the groom
may walk down
the aisle
47 Soi-__: self-
styled
49 Easy out in
rodent baseball?
53 Components of
56-Across
54 Quartet member
55 Org. with
Jungians
56 Malt creations
57 Went all out on
stage ... or a hint
to the four other
longest puzzle
answers
59 Ticket booth sight
60 Protected, in a
way
61 Sister of Thalia
62 Hardy heroine
63 Perception-
changing drug
64 Letter heading
abbr.

DOWN
1 Masters course
2 Fabled emperor’s
lack
3 Emotionally
overwhelmed
4 Morse “T”
5 “Can’t you 
take __?”
6 Like Roald Dahl,
by birth
7 Yellowstone
grazer
8 Settings for small
American flags
9 Do to death
10 Voice of
President
Business in “The
Lego Movie”
11 Bridge supports
13 “Ghostbusters”
actor
14 Air quality issue
17 Lisa’s title
23 Team whose
mascot’s head is
a baseball
24 Viking history VIP
25 Island near Java
29 Confessional
music genre
30 Anthropologist’s
subject
31 Whichever

34 Give a hand
35 Assist badly?
36 Storied loch
37 It might be on the
road for years
38 Cop’s info source
39 Stumbles (upon)
42 Snare drum
sound
43 Feature of many
a birdie
44 Secure, as a
knapsack

46 Smooches
47 Glen relative
48 “__ these wars
for Egypt”:
Antony
50 Shapes formed by
angled spotlights
51 Zeroed in
52 Telecommuter’s
workplace
57 Clarke computer
58 Nest egg
acronym

By Jeffrey Wechsler
©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
10/20/17

10/20/17

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

RELEASE DATE– Friday, October 20, 2017

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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Watching 
“Mr. 
Robot” 

is 
rarely 
a 
comfortable 

experience. It’s a show that 
makes 
viewers 
constantly 

question every single detail 
of the world they are being 
presented, forcing them to 
see the world through the 
distorted lens of the brilliant 
but 
troubled 
protagonist 

Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek, 
“Buster’s Mal Heart”). As the 
show has progressed, the plot 
has become progressively more 
complex and intriguing, not to 
mention more violent and, at 
points, simply bizarre.

With that being said, as I 

watched season two of the 
show (for which Rami Malek 
won an Emmy for Outstanding 
Lead Actor in a Drama Series), 
I couldn’t help but feel as if the 
plot sometimes devolved into 
a convoluted mess simply for 
the sake of being so. Despite 
maintaining 
its 
masterful 

grasp on creating tension and 
intriguing storylines, it lost 

focus on the core conflict of 
the show: Elliot vs. his own 
grasp on reality. After the 
revelation of the main twist 
halfway through season two, 
however, 
the 
show 
picked 

up this conflict again, and 
the season three premiere 

(titled 
“eps3.0_power-saver-

mode.h”) effectively continues 
its development.

We are left at the beginning 

of season three wondering 
about the fate of Elliot after his 
shooting at the hands of Tyrell 
Wellick (Martin Wallström, 
“Ashes in the Snow”), the 
unstable 
former 
E 
Corp 

executive. In the meantime, as 
the financial markets continue 
to plunge, the world descends 
further into chaos. The sinister 
Chinese hacker group the Dark 
Army 
continues 
to 
pursue 

Elliot’s 
sister 
and 
fellow 

hacker Darlene (Carly Chaikin, 
“In a World…”) while its leader 
Whiterose (B.D. Wong, “The 
Space Between Us”) continues 
to manipulate Elliot’s closest 
friend, Angela Moss.

What seems to be one of 

season three’s most interesting 
additions is Irving. Played 
wonderfully by veteran Bobby 
Cannavale, in what is a rather 
unusual role for him, he is 
a used car salesman who 
appears to be a Dark Army 
operative. In a memorable first 
scene at a barbeque restaurant, 
we are introduced to a couple 
quirks 
including 
his 
ever-

present 
Bluetooth 
headset 

and his unnervingly cool and 
composed way of speaking 
that probably belies just how 
dangerous he is.

As usual, the cinematography 

is careful and methodical, 
adding to the dark and sinister 
atmosphere. 
Around 
the 

SAYAN GHOSH

For the Daily

TV REVIEW

middle of the episode, when 
Darlene is being pursued by 
Dark Army associates while in 
an underground hackerspace, 
I squirmed in my chair as the 
camera followed Darlene in the 
middle of an anxiety attack. 
Very few shows I have watched 
have ever provided the visceral 
physical 
response 
that 
Mr. 

Robot provides week-in and 
week-out.

Another 
aspect 
of 
the 

production that continues to 
be excellent is the music. Sure, 
it contains the common trope 
of associating Trent Reznor’s 
“The 
Social 
Network”-style 

electronic 
montages 
with 

anything relating to “hacking,” 

but unexpected touches such as 
the use of Daft Punk’s “Touch” 
in a pivotal scene make certain 
moments instantly memorable.

Regarding the storyline, the 

show is more unpredictable 
than 
ever. 
Elliot’s 
“other” 

personality, 
Mr. 
Robot 

(Christian 
Slater) 
does 
not 

appear anymore while Elliot is, 
well, Elliot, but he is definitely 
alive and well, eager as ever 
to exact revenge upon E Corp. 
Only he and Angela, however, 
seem to have a discernible 
motive 
for 
their 
actions. 

Whiterose 
(normally 
seen 

as Chinese defense minister 
Zheng) is still as enigmatic as 
ever, and it remains to be seen 

what exactly her endgame is, 
and whether Elliot’s father and 
Angela’s mother truly died for a 
“greater good.”

What “Mr. Robot” continues 

to do so effectively is explore 
technology’s influence on the 
modern world, as well as topics 
such as personal alienation, 
the corrupting influences of 
greed and the harmful effects 
of capitalism in a nuanced 
manner. Hopefully, it retains 
its realism and psychological 
thriller elements that make it 
successful even if it veers in a 
more sci-fi direction, allowing 
it to continue to be one of 
television’s 
most 
intriguing 

shows.

MATADOR

Courtney Barnett of Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile

ALBUM REVIEW

Courtney Barnett has become 

a leading artist across genres after 
her debut album, Sometimes I Sit 
and Think, and Sometimes I Just 
Sit was released in March of 2015. 
This release gave the world a taste 
of her talent for writing hypnotic 
guitar riffs and enticing lyrics that 
effortlessly fall off the tongue. These 
abilities landed her a nomination for 
Best New Artist in the 58th Annual 
Grammy Awards, and prompted 
NPR to name her the greatest 
lyricist in rock right now.

After a few tours and festival 

appearances, 
Barnett 
became 

acquainted 
with 
indie 
singer- 

songwriter Kurt Vile. Vile is best 
known for being the founding 
guitarist in The War on Drugs. He 
eventually started writing his own 
lo-fi bedroom tunes and released his 
first solo album, Constant Hitmaker, 
in 2008.

In 2015 after meeting while 

on the festival circuit, Vile wrote 
“Over 
Everything,” 
specifically 

for Barnett, and told Rolling Stone 
he had imagined singing it with 
her. After that, the two began 
communicating via email and 
Skype, sending each other half-

songs, bouncing ideas around. They 
did a few renditions of songs, wrote 
some of their own and decided there 
was enough material to release their 
collaboration album: Lotta Sea Lice.

Some of the tracks on Lotta Sea 

Lice are beautifully done covers. 
The third track is a slow and dreamy 
cover of “Fear is like a Forest” by 
Jen Cloher, where their voices trail 
into the clouds, leaving soft hanging 
notes to hold onto, and the last 

track is a rendition of Belly’s 1993 
“Untogether.” Barnett and Vile 
then immerse themselves into each 
other and their distinct, deadpan 
writing styles by covering each 
other’s songs: Barnett’s “Outta the 
Woodwork” and Vile’s “Peepin’ 
Tomboy.”

Viles 
and 
Barnett’s 
voices 

immediately 
compliment 
each 

other on the first track, “Over 
Everything.” It starts with a soft 
drum pattern and traveling guitar 
riffs that pull from the bluegrass 
jam influence Vile is known for. 
The lyrics call attention to feelings 
of loneliness and explore how Vile 

and Barnett console themselves 
with their art. “When I’m by myself 
and it’s daytime cuz down-under 
/ Or wherever it is I live when it’s 
evening / You know I speed-read 
the morning news and come up 
with my / own little song also.”

Each of the songs thereafter 

feel a bit lethargic. The two talents 
are mostly known for their lyrical 
work, 
and 
their 
collaborative 

poetry sometimes gets lost in the 
instrumentals of the record. The 
pair plays tunes that feel like an 
elongated jam sesh, especially in 
the four-minute long “On Script,” 
with only three verses sung above 
the instrumentals. Barnett takes 
her time hitting each note. Her voice 
feels like a breath of words hanging 
in the humid July air, so thick you 
can almost see it.

The entirety of the record feels 

like a stream of consciousness. 
There is no specific beginning, 
end, or middle: It’s just a flow of 
emotion. Its lyrical content reflects 
on mundane, but important feelings 
that surround people in their 
everyday endeavors. It feels honest 
and human: things that Vile and 
Barnett are experts at embracing 
on their solo-projects. Vile’s rustic 
voice and Barnett’s angelic tone, 
all backed by hazy instrumentals, 
form a cloudy, long daydream that 
is Lotta Sea Lice.

Barnett and Vile spin a 
hazy daydream on ‘Lice’

SELENA AGUILERA

Daily Arts Writer

Lotta Sea Lice 

Courtney Barnett / 

Kurt Vile 

Matador

FOOD
Ann Arbor’s Best Bites: 
HopCat’s Pretzel Nuggz

Writer’s Note: I enjoy two 

things in nearly equal amounts: 
eating, 
and 
telling 
people 

what to do. Perhaps above all 
is my love for telling people 
what to eat. Left unchecked, 
I will arrive at a restaurant 
with 
your 
order 
already 

planned. I eat systematically 
and strategically, controlling 
another’s 
order 
allows 
me 

to 
maximize 
my 
options, 

which is important because 
before I graduate I’d like to 
have eaten my way through 
Ann Arbor. It’s not a feasible 
quest: I won’t actually be able 
to eat everywhere in my two 
remaining years, but I’m going 
to see how far I can get.

A conjoined perk of my Ann 

Arbor 
culinary 
adventures 

and love for telling people 
what to eat is that I’ve become 
pretty good at giving food 
recommendations. Which is 

where this series comes in. I 
get genuinely excited whenever 
I 
come 
across 
something 

incredibly delicious, and my 
friends have only so many 
ears for listening. So I decided 
to create a series where I can 
expound 
upon 
my 
favorite 

things to eat in Ann Arbor. 
Best Bites isn’t a list of the top 
restaurants or places to eat, but 
rather a collection of the most 
delicious single items / dishes 
one can find in the city.

—
HopCat’s 
Pretzel 
Nuggz 

are reason alone to visit the 
brewery. Yes, I know the 
restaurant is known for its 
famous crack fries, and yes, 
they are extremely good, but 
I’m telling you, the pretzel 
nuggz are even better. I could 
wax poetic about the nuggz 
for hours. I talk about them 
to anyone one who asks, and 
many, many more who don’t. 
I’m a bonafide obsessee.

First off, the word “nugget,” 

or actually in HopCat’s case, 

“nuggz,” is enough to sell me 
on any item. I’m a fan of any 
food that’s a nugget in disguise 
(boneless wings, I’m looking 
at you). So of course, when I 
spotted the pretzel nuggz on 
the menu, I immediately pulled 
the trigger. As much as I like 
nugget-shaped foods, I was not 
expecting them to be this good. 
These 
nuggets 
are 
doughy 

pillows of pretzel perfection. 
They’re coated in a copious 
amount of butter and salt, 
and are served with a cheese 
dipping sauce. Butter, bread, 
salt and cheese is a winning 
combination in any context, 
but HopCat manages to marry 
the ingredients better than 
any other restaurant I’ve been 
to. Like I said, I’m obsessed. 
These things are scrumptious, 
they’re well worth a try. (Oh, 
one last thing, insider’s tip: 
All appetizers are half off on 
Monday nights.)

Best Bites is Daily Arts writer 

Tess Tobin’s continuing series on 
her favorite food in Ann Arbor.

TESS TOBIN
Daily Arts Writer

USA

‘Mr. Robot’ returns to USA on Wednesdays
‘Mr. Robot’ continues to 
excel in its third season

The series returns with its signature combo of realism and scifi

Mr. Robot

Season 3 
Premiere

Wednesdays 
at 10:00 p.m.

USA

