Here are the answers to L.A. Times Crossword puzzles Thursday March 7, 2019.

“Cotton Comes to Harlem” director Davis OSSIE
“Got me” – IDUNNO
“Mercy me!” – OHDEAR
“Star Trek” race – BORG
#3 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time (as of 2016) … and a hint to what the black squares are doing in four rows of this puzzle – BREAKINGBAD
61-Across kingpin __ Fring – GUS
Actor Mahershala __ – ALI
Affect – FEIGN
Antlered animal – STAG
Arraignment answers – PLEAS
Ballet great Nureyev – RUDOLF
Bath sponges – LOOFAHS
Bilingual “Sesame Street” Muppet – ROSITA
Biological subdivisions – GENERA
Black – SABLE
Bunk – ROT
Calf-length skirts – MIDIS
Check out – EYE
Chemical suffix – IDE
Cleared (of) – RID
Colorado snowboarding mecca – ASPEN
Cornea-reshaping surgery – LASIK
Cutlery collection – KNIFESET
Desert illusion – MIRAGE
Down-to-earth – REAL
Eng. channel – BBC
Et __: and others – ALII
Even though – ALBEIT
Extreme – NTH
Former Air France jets – SSTS
Genetic material – RNA
German mathematician Bernhard – RIEMANN
Give a leg up – AID
Glass lip – RIM
Goof up – ERR
Grace word – BLESS
Group at Asgard – AESIR
Hand-me-down – USED
Hgts – ALTS
High-tech worker – ROBOT
Implored – URGED
Iraq War weapon: Abbr – IED
Italian city whose Royal Palace has been used as a set in two “Star Wars” films – CASERTA
Japanese soup – MISO
John D. Rockefeller’s company – STANDARDOIL
Kitchen pests – ANTS
Lady of Spain – DAMA
Ledger entries – DEBITS
Mariner’s patron – STELMO
Moo __ gai pan – GOO
Most babbling – GASSIEST
Net or Knick – NBAER
One facing charges? – MATADOR
One to grow on – FARM
One who agrees to a dare – RISKER
Opportunity – SHOT
Pal of Piglet – ROO
Pasture cry – BLEAT
Pineapple center – CORE
Preparation period – LEADTIME
Psychoanalysis subject – EGO
Pull down – EARN
Racing Unsers – ALS
Rapper __ Jon – LIL
Ready to roll – INGEAR
Record – ENTER
Softening – EASING
Speed trap equipment – RADARGUN
Starbucks order – VENTI
Subtle shade – TINGE
Teacher on call – SUB
Tote bag material – CANVAS
Umbrella part – RIB
Urban Dictionary content – SLANG
Vietnamese-American poker star Scotty – NGUYEN
Woodland goat-man – FAUN
Wrinkly hybrid fruit – UGLI
__ Lingus – AER