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By Chandi Deitmer
©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
11/16/22

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

11/16/22

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Release Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022

ACROSS
1 Like uncombed 
hair
5 Muslim leader
9 Structure made 
of snow or 
blankets
13 “Gotcha”
14 Walking stick
15 Zones
17 *Netflix 
documentary 
series about a 
controversial 
zookeeper
19 Krispy __
20 Carton sealer
21 Tenant’s contract
23 Abolish
24 Home of the 
NHL’s Blues
25 Floe makeup
27 Period
28 Surgery ctrs.
29 Langley org.
30 *Showtime 
medical drama 
starring Edie 
Falco
33 Surrounded by
35 Razz
36 George Eliot’s 
“Adam __”
37 Sinuous fish
38 Sitar music
42 “Not Gon’ Cry” 
singer Mary J. __
45 Tolkien creature 
corrupted by the 
One Ring
47 *USA series 
about corporate 
crime
51 Caustic solution
52 Lady bird
53 Obtained
54 Iris locale
55 Duty
56 Husky hello
57 Vidalia __
59 SportsCenter 
anchor Linda
61 Thunders
63 Annual Discovery 
Channel 
programming 
event that could 
feature the shows 
in the answers to 
the starred clues?
66 Fight with foils
67 Terrain map, 
briefly
68 Ish

69 “On the double!”
70 Short itinerary?
71 Let the tears flow

DOWN
1 Quick thinking
2 “Starting now?”
3 Public 
defender’s 
offering
4 Like a basso 
profundo voice
5 Sound of disgust
6 Large envelope
7 “Coming of Age 
in Mississippi” 
writer Moody
8 Many a contract 
for a superstar 
player, e.g.
9 Orange skin that 
doesn’t peel?
10 Hockey legend 
Bobby
11 Boston-based 
sportswear giant
12 Salty Japanese 
condiment
16 Word with 
common or good
18 Rider’s controls
22 Korean rice liquor
24 Reminder of a 
scrape
26 __ and paste

31 Girder material
32 Corner PC key
34 Amount owed
37 Big-headed sorts
39 Complete
40 Some northern 
South Americans
41 Visa/MC 
alternative
43 Key part of a 
block party?
44 Tappable image
45 “Bad Feminist” 
writer Roxane

46 Big name in 
vacuums
47 Mooring spot
48 Medal 
recipients
49 Swaddled one
50 Algonquian 
language
58 “Now I get it”
60 “Stop! That 
hurts!”
62 TV pioneer
64 Fishing pole
65 Keystone __

SUDOKU

WHISPER

“Almost 
thanksgiving!”
“SI 110 is a lot 
of work.”

WHISPER

By Will Eisenberg & Shannon Rapp
©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
11/09/22

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

11/09/22

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Release Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022

ACROSS
1 “You crack me 
up”
5 Print sources?
9 Cookie quantity
14 Bake-off 
appliance
15 Unseen Beckett 
character
16 Bugler’s blast
17 Actor who plays 
Cho Sang-woo 
on “Squid Game”
19 Ingredient in 
piccata dishes
20 “Exile in Guyville” 
singer Phair
21 Clamor
23 Way to go
24 Travel that largely 
avoids rush-hour 
traffic
28 Alcorn __: HBCU 
in Mississippi
30 Personal
31 Court clown
32 Arcade giant
33 Culture essayist 
Tolentino
34 Letters of 
urgency
35 Cult-favorite indie 
band formed by 
Jeff Mangum
42 Window boxes?
43 __ kwon do
44 Sad Keanu or 
Grumpy Cat
45 Toiling away
49 Thanksgiving mo. 
in Canada
50 Needle
51 Infuriate
54 Copenhagen 
resident
55 Kung __ chicken
56 Orange or peach
57 Antique mall?
59 “Plug me in 
soon!” warning
65 Countryman and 
Clubman
66 “Silas Marner” 
novelist
67 Loyal
68 Does some 
onstage improv
69 Reject
70 38-Down 
ingredients

DOWN
1 Bounce

2 “When They 
See Us” creator 
DuVernay
3 Feminine 
pronoun
4 Art that may be 
covered by a 
boot
5 “The Purloined 
Letter” writer 
Edgar Allan __
6 Promos
7 Like heavy clogs
8 Showing little 
emotion
9 “EastEnders” 
network
10 Startles
11 Submit, in an 
MMA match
12 Generate
13 Sheepdog, e.g.
15 Steady look
18 Bee complex
22 “Seriously!”
24 Barilla rival
25 Churns
26 Paddled, say
27 Get along well
28 W-2 fig.
29 Merch table buy
33 Raise 
dramatically, as 
prices

34 Bluish gray
36 Steak order
37 Nagging desire
38 Brunch choice
39 Aqua kin
40 Two-fifths of 
Miami?
41 Gymnast Suni
45 “Altogether ooky” 
family
46 Woeful
47 Actress Ryder
48 Ready to move on

49 Annette of 
“Virgin River”
50 Pulled tight
52 Lost color
53 “Come again?”
58 Burro
60 Come in first
61 Lad
62 Rowing 
machine, 
familiarly
63 Hallway runner
64 “You got it”

4 — Wednesday, November 16, 2022 
Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

I love Star Wars because it’s 
visually fun. The brilliant planets 
and flashy space battles are 
eternally stunning, but my favorite 
aspect of Star Wars iconography 
is 
the 
costuming. 
The 
best 
characters are memorable because 
of their unforgettable clothing and 
accessories. From opulent gowns 
to cyborg appendages, Star Wars 
is stuffed to the brim with iconic 
fashion moments. 
The following are three Star 
Wars “looks” that have seared 
themselves most indelibly into 
our collective cultural conscience 
— outfits so awesome, our own 
galaxy couldn’t help but take 
notice. 
Original 
Trilogy: 
Luke 
Skywalker’s Chanel Boots
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, 
“Star Wars: A New Hope”) has a 
lot of fantastic looks, but there’s a 
special place in my heart for the 
sinister all-black robes he debuts 
in “Episode VI: Return of the 
Jedi.” At this point, Luke has lost 
a lot: his hand, his lightsaber, his 
mentors, his friends. On top of 
that, any delusions he had about 
a heroic family lineage have been 
destroyed. 
He’s 
beginning 
to 
question his abilities and shed 
his innocent farm boy ideals. His 
clothes reflect this growing moral 
complexity. 
Symbolic costuming is a big 
part of Star Wars, especially for 
its central heroes. As characters 
change, so do their clothes, and 
audiences 
take 
note. 
Luke’s 
gloomy “Return of the Jedi” outfit 
sticks with us because it actually 
enriches his story. His solemn 
clothes represent his newfound 
maturity and remind us of how far 
he has come. When Luke comes to 
blows with Darth Vader (James 
Earl Jones, “The Lion King”) at the 
end of the film, he looks as stern 
and commanding as his towering 
opponent. It’s clear that Luke has 
grown into a Jedi worthy of this 
climactic battle. 
Luke’s “Return of the Jedi” look 
also just stylistically rocks. Outfits 
only add to the story if they’re 
visually memorable, so it’s lucky 
Luke delivers. Beyond the long, 
black cloak, he wears a sharp tunic 
and (most importantly) fabulous 
knee-high boots. The internet has 
spun these boots into their own 
culturally important character, 
joking that Luke is a budding 
fashionista who makes sure to 
wear nothing but the best to defeat 
evil. His boots have been identified 
as Chanel, based off of an iconic 
“Devil Wears Prada” meme. The 
Queer community celebrates them 
as proof of Luke’s own Queerness. 
The boots are widely recognized 
by fans, to the point that they’re 
often cited in fan merchandise and 
have even caught Mark Hamill’s 
attention. This is fun, but it’s also 
important. Luke’s celebration as a 
fashion-forward, effeminate hero 
is undeniably different from the 
way most leading male characters 
are regarded. He is allowed to be 
soft. Luke and his Chanel boots 

serve as a reminder to many 
generations of boys that heroism 
does not require hypermasculinity. 
Luke’s dramatic outfits solidify 
him as a role model, a hero and 
most importantly, an undeniable 
fashion icon. Truly, only Luke 
Skywalker could simultaneously 
restore peace to the galaxy, play 
with gender norms and pioneer 
’70s-inspired space fashion. 
Prequel 
Trilogy: 
Padmè 
Amidala 
I admit it’s a cheat to list an entire 
character as a fashion moment. 
But if there’s one character worthy 
of this generalization, it is Padmè 
Amidala (Natalie Portman, “Black 
Swan”). To reduce her iconicism 
to one or two outfits would be to 
ignore the fact that every time 
Padmè is on screen, her clothes 
are stunning. From her first 
appearance in “Episode I: The 
Phantom 
Menace” 
in 
ornate, 
red, ceremonial robes, Padmè’s 
impact on pop culture was all but 
guaranteed. 
The prequels featuring Padmè 
take place before the rise of Darth 
Vader and the Empire, when 
freedom, 
peace 
and 
cultural 
exchange 
were 
widespread 
throughout 
the 
galaxy. 
Yet 
Padmè’s 
character 
ultimately 
exists to motivate the destruction 
of that society: She is the love of 
Anakin Skywalker’s life (Hayden 
Christensen, “Star Wars Episode 
III: Revenge of the Sith”), and it is 
her love that eventually triggers his 
transformation into the villainous 
Darth Vader. When Padmè dies at 
the end of the prequel series, so 
does the refinement and balance of 
galactic society.
It is her wardrobe that drives 
this point home — a wardrobe 
that 
represents 
the 
best 
of 
galactic art and life. She has 
ornate headdresses for public 
appearances, whimsical gowns for 
romantic getaways, no-nonsense 
suits for senate hearings and 
unassuming 
civilian 
clothes 
that help her avoid assassination 
attempts. Her outfits reflect her 
own complexity — a complexity 
that turns her from merely a 
female character to an actively 
feminist one. 
Padmè is the only woman 
featured in all three of the prequel 
films. It’s unfortunate that she 
stands alone in this regard, but it’s 
exciting that she’s not trivialized 
and is instead allowed to be 
outstanding. Padmè is one of the 
most 
distinguished 
characters 
to ever grace a Star Wars story, 
outshining even the Jedi whose 
paths she crosses. She is by turn a 
politician, spy, mother, diplomat, 
adventurer and lover. She fights 
for justice, falls in love, takes 
matters into her own hands and 
delegates easily. Padmè’s clothes 
are memorable not just because 
they look cool, but because she is 
cool. Her outfits are celebrated as 
Halloween costumes and at fan 
conventions and through social 
media because she’s worthy of 
admiration. We want to be her, we 
want to love her and we want to 
emulate her.

‘Star Wars’ fashion 
moments with 
intergalactic influence

LOLA D’ONOFRIO
Daily Arts Writer

Design by Reid Graham

Read more at MichiganDaily.com

You will never be Ryan 
Gosling from ‘Drive’

Eleven years ago, film bro 
culture was forever changed 
with the release of Nicolas 
Winding 
Refn’s 
(“The 
Neon 
Demon”) “Drive,” starring Ryan 
Gosling (“La La Land”) and Carey 
Mulligan (“The Great Gatsby”). 
Gosling’s character, known as 
“Driver” — he’s simply too cool 
to have a name — is a Hollywood 
stuntman who moonlights as 
a getaway driver. His quiet 
disposition and proclivity for 
long, 
brooding 
stares 
prove 
his ineffable coolness, and he 
says just 116 lines in the film’s 
100-minute runtime.
But the coolest thing about 
Driver isn’t his tranquility in the 
face of violent crime, nor is it his 
brooding tendencies — it’s his 
jacket.

Words cannot describe the 
grip Driver’s white satin bomber 
jacket with a flippable collar and 
golden 
embroidered 
scorpion 
on the back had on film bros 
everywhere 
after 
the 
film’s 
release. GQ recognizes it as a 
career-defining look for Gosling. 
Vogue recently published a deep 
dive investigating the jacket’s 
inspiration and creation. Know 
Your Meme records a whole slew 
of memes that resulted from the 
look, many of which continue to 
flourish today. The memes do not 
refer to the jacket itself but rather 
how it was co-opted by the online 
“Sigma Male” community, who 
saw the jacket as a reflection of 
themselves as “equal to Alpha 
(men) on the hierarchy but living 
outside the hierarchy by choice.
My 
predominant 
fashion 
philosophy is simple: Wear what 
you want. But who am I kidding, 
the jacket from “Drive” is not 

suited for someone whose life 
includes no risks greater than 
taking an unprotected left on 
the way to the grocery store. 
This might sound harsh, but by 
recognizing these men’s flawed 
identification with the jacket, 
I speak to an issue larger than 
fashion. 
In our clothes and the way we 
present ourselves, we imbue our 
identities: who we believe we are 
and how we hope others perceive 
us. When Sigma Males and film 
bros alike ooh and ahh at this 

jacket, even buying replicas for 
themselves at times, the jacket’s 
draw is more than the stitching; 
they idolize what this jacket — 
worn by a Hollywood heartthrob 
playing 
a 
character 
with 
a 
gangster’s swagger — represents. 
The 
jacket 
is 
a 
touchpoint 
for their idealized version of 
masculinity. What they fail to 
realize is that, just like Driver 
himself, the jacket is not as cool 
off the screen.

SARAH RAHMAN
Senior Arts Editor

Read more at MichiganDaily.com

Design by Evelyne Lee

Reforming the uniform

Content Warning: Mentions of 
body dysmorphia.
For 13 years, I wore a school 
uniform. From kindergarten to 
fifth-grade things were pretty 
lax — jeans and a school T-shirt 
sufficed. In sixth grade, the 
uniform tightened up. Every 
day was a variation of polo 
shirts, button-downs, skorts or 
pleated skirts in yellow, gray, 
blue or plaid. My outerwear 
had to be a school color, and 
any logos could be no bigger 
than an index card. No boots, 
no sandals, no flashy socks. 
The shortest permissible skirt 
was the width of a dollar bill 
— 2.61 inches — above the bend 

of the knee — and trust me, 
teachers checked. At the time, 
the uniform wasn’t fun. For a 
kid desperately trying to figure 
out how to express myself, the 
school uniform seemed like the 
most restrictive thing I could 
have endured. 
My 
13-year-old 
need 
for 
artistic expression, however, 
was no match for the opinions 
that adult faculty rolled out 
every time students complained: 
School 
uniforms 
prevent 
bullying, 
they 
said. 
They 
enforce discipline; they create a 
safer school environment; they 
“make everyone equal.” 
Despite 
research 
that 
disproves these arguments, we 
didn’t have a say as students, so 
we put up with uniforms. Year 
after year we bought overpriced 

skirts and jackets, cut shirts 
to 
wear 
as 
dickies 
under 
sweatshirts and hand-hemmed 
skorts to fit better. Year after 
year, we all looked the same. 
From sixth grade to senior year, 
I never had to wonder what I 
was going to wear and, looking 
back, I do see the benefits of 
that. 
My 
mornings 
weren’t 

spent wasting time over what 
colors went together or which 
jacket to wear that day. I didn’t 
have a choice. But this certainty 
is a double-edged sword. I 
never had to worry about what 
to wear, but I also never got to 
worry about what to wear.

MADDIE AGNE
Daily Arts Writer

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Design by Arunika Shee

