L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Keebler cracker

6 Shoots the breeze

11 E, in Morse code

14 Parts of plots

15 Kama __

16 Bruin great Bobby 17 *Sports bookie's figure 19 Action film gun

20 Caspian Sea feeder 21 Where work may pile up 23 Criticized unfairly, in slang

27 Stand in a studio

29 Get away from 30 Inoffensive

33 “Tell It Like It Is” crooner __ Neville

34 Suffix with billion 35 Fashionable way to arrive?

36 “What a pity”

37 *R&D setting

40 Meadow

41 Four-stringed instruments, typically 43 Weighty volume

44 Buck the system

46 Passé street corner convenience

48 As __: generally

49 Location

50 Online player, briefly

52 Taj __ 54 Foundry waste

55 Good Grips gadget brand 56 End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be

63 “Don't Bring Me Down” rock gp.

64 Singer Cyrus

65 Finnish tech giant

66 Hanoi holiday

67 Green vehicles, for short 68 Belgian treaty city

DOWN

1 Cook quickly

2 Prefix with logical 3 __ Lanka

4 Top songs set

5 Stellar scholar

6 D.C. network

7 Sling

8 Gobbled up

9 Carol syllable

10 Extreme cruelty 11 *Dylan's “Blonde on Blonde,” e.g. 12 Rice-shaped pasta 13 Froot Loops shelfmate 18 B'way sellout sign 22 Jodie Foster title role 23 Intensify

24 “Seward's Folly” purchase 25 *Marksmanship match

26 Tokyo, long ago 27 “Copperhead Road” singer Steve 28 Nevada's __ 51 30 Blackjack request

31 Remington played by

Brosnan

32 Driveway coating 34 In unison

38 English school since 1440

39 Big talk

42 Animal welfare gp. 45 Pitching stat

47 “I need a hand” 50 Tricks

51 Half-__: coffee compromise

52 Bubbly brand

53 Wheel connector 54 Ending for young and old alike? 57 Hyphenated

Minute Maid brand

58 Schnozz extension? 59 Japanese drama 60 '50s prez

61 Sermon subject 62 Boater or bowler