L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “__ talks!”: “Anna Christie” tagline

6 Pond floater

10 Fox Business competitor 14 2015 boxing film

15 Ditty

16 Total

17 Literary agents who sold “Catch-22”?

19 Cuyahoga River outlet 20 Still unresolved

21 Were so inclined 23 Gumshoe

24 Dates

26 They test the waters: Abbr.

27 Defective Chatty Cathys? 32 “Six Feet Under” creator Ball

35 Like metal concerts

36 ___ de parfum

37 Perfume samples, maybe ... or what this puzzle's circles are

42 NYC's Lex, e.g.

43 Steam producer 44 42-Across et al.

45 Hanging out by the lockers, etc.?

50 Note from someone in a hole

51 Gerald R. Ford Award org. 52 Dadaist Jean 55 Note taker's need

59 Home to Iberia and Siberia

61 “Oh, ri-i-ight” 62 Uncomfortable look from the queen?

64 Casual farewell

65 Party mix staple 66 Sorbonne concepts

67 “Can it!”

68 “My only love sprung from my only __!”: Juliet 69 Swashbuckler's word

DOWN

1 Popular IM service 2 Glacial ridge

3 Museum piece

4 Units named for AT&T's founder

5 Ukrainian port

6 “The Deer Hunter” actress

7 Reminder

8 Insensitive, briefly 9 Erosion formation 10 Shudder-inducing sort, slangily

11 “Check out the brain over here!”

12 Part of a sting

13 1963 Liz Taylor role 18 Is sorry about

22 Fruity ale brand 25 Column part that's strictly ornamental? 27 Genetics lab subject 28 “__ won't back down”: Tom Petty lyric

29 __-shy

30 Rushing, perhaps

31 Work (out)

32 Indian nanny

33 Volcanic flower 34 Features of many kids' menus

38 Close, as a duffel

39 Glass of

“This American Life” 40 Primes, e.g.: Abbr. 41 Hectic hosp. zones 46 Shower tool 47 Mountaineering tool 48 Hammering tool 49 Crop-eating insect 52 He played a TV newsroom boss

53 Cut to bits

54 Country, in Italy

55 Course where kids check products?

56 Old Testament redhead

57 Prefix with rival

58 City where Al Jazeera is headquartered

60 Verdi princess

63 To this time