L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cow, for one

4 Cancel, in a way

9 Food fight noise

14 “U R 2 funny!”

15 “On the Media” medium

16 Michelangelo carved it from a single slab of marble

17 Circus reaction

18 Spread served in concave pasta?

20 Statuette site

22 Sushi bar appetizer

23 Start to pace, say

26 Stood

27 Polite address

28 “We'll Meet Again” host Curry

29 Documentarian Burns

32 Laid-back cats and dogs?

36 Ancient Aegean region

38 Teased

39 Word of welcome

41 1993 Literature Nobelist Morrison

42 Law school subject

44 Revealing sweat remover at the poker table? 46 Sliding runner

47 Sounds of contentment

49 Name associated with the Gateway Arch 50 Only

52 Like ghost towns

56 Hitchcock classic set in San Francisco

58 Colorful tank addition

59 What Royal Caribbean reps do?

62 Move on a lake

63 Forbidden

64 For fun, with “on”

65 “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda

66 Spiral-horned creature

67 Sinatra standard

68 Sgt.'s superiors

DOWN

1 Urban Dictionary focus

2 Mandel of “Deal or No Deal”

3 Give a seat to

4 Premier League powerhouse

5 “Humph!”

6 Celebratory work

7 One with an easy life

8 Spilled the beans

9 Layered ice cream

10 Deli pockets

11 “I'll be waiting to hear from you”

12 Suit to __

13 Street cover 19 Raised building?

21 Play with a ghost

24 Taberna tidbit

25 Refines, as ore

28 “Pieces of Me” singer Simpson

30 Bonn article

31 Polish target

32 Older PC screens

33 Errant golf shot, usually

34 “Luther” star

35 Golf club part

37 “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” (1969) star

40 Taproom array

43 Dried fish used in brandade

45 October Revolution leader

48 Next in line

51 Wrinkle-resistant fabric

52 Lacy table mat

53 Island ring ... or, in three parts, a hint to 18-, 32-, 44- and 59-Across

54 Black hair, e.g.

55 Deserves

56 Saltimbocca meat

57 Largest of the Mariana Islands

59 Sault __ Marie

60 Tool with teeth

61 Cy Young Award stat