L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Setting for smooth sailing

8 Aptly, it rhymes with “ahh”

11 Cease and desist order? 14 Stuffed oneself

15 Pursue romantically 16 Valuable metal

17 “NCIS: Los Angeles” actress

18 Court order?

20 Remove varnish from 21 NBC weekend fixture, briefly

22 Distinctive flair

23 Modern renewable fuel 27 Reverse order?

30 Assures the sad fate of 34 Easy throw

35 “Angie Tribeca” TV network

36 “Help me out, will ya?” 37 Facilitates

40 Bergen of “Murphy Brown”

41 Stay behind

42 Drunkard

43 Dubai's fed.

44 Former Russian rulers 45 Money order?

48 Words said with an extended fork

50 Continent explored by Marco Polo

53 Talk on and on

54 Scalawag

58 Work order?

60 Shoe cushions

62 Abbr. used to save space 63 Not worth a __ 64 Muzzle-loading gadgets 65 Gag order?

66 Kindle download 67 Chart-reading exam

DOWN

1 Some recyclables

2 Going __: fighting 3 Shakespearean king with three daughters

4 Beach city near Hollywood

5 Restraining order?

6 Quite some time 7 Taiwan-born director Lee 8 River in a Stephen Foster song

9 Voting sites

10 Pioneering ISP

11 Wind up like a snake 12 Celestial bear 13 High-schooler, typically 19 Put another roll of film in 21 Incites to attack, with “on”

24 More than occasionally 25 Blots gently

26 Biblical garden

27 Warning

28 Scraps for Fido 29 President between Bush and Trump

31 Poppy product

32 Gambling mecca near Hong Kong

33 Catch some z's

36 Cookie recipe yield

38 Bill for drinks

39 Bart Simpson's sister 40 San Francisco's __ Tower 42 Dance move

45 Postpone one's bedtime 46 Pecking order?

47 Go along with

49 Online admin

50 Quite some time

51 “Family Guy” creator MacFarlane

52 Nagging desire

55 Sunburn reliever 56 Rx items

57 Sibilant summons

59 NATO founding member 60 Fury

61 “Aye? Not!”