L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Barfly

4 Covered with new grass

10 Quick snooze

13 “Fortunate Son” band, briefly

14 Imagines

16 “Science Friday” host Flatow

17 Generous nature

19 S&L offerings

20 Fortified Portuguese wine 21 Lingering traces

23 Eternally

24 Org. Edward Snowden worked for

27 Cigna rival

28 Exercising control over one's own affairs

31 Ultrasound goo

32 One who minds his manor

33 Bridal bio word

34 Speak (up)

37 Arabian Peninsula resident

39 Admit, with “up”

40 World Cup chant

41 Persian Gulf republic

42 CBS forensic series 44 1945 Physics

Nobelist who discovered the exclusion principle 48 Bottled water brand 49 “__ out!”

50 Minor dents

53 Church official

55 “Just watch me!” 57 Programming pioneer Lovelace

58 Eighteen holes ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters

61 Hubbub

62 Blinking diner sign 63 Asian New Year 64 “District 9” extras 65 Blended

66 Texter's “No way!”

DOWN

1 Loser

2 Indian, for one 3 Baseball deals 4 Go unused

5 Musk, e.g.

6 Neutralize, as a snake 7 Peace Nobelist Hammarskjöld

8 WWII zone

9 Take-out order? 10 Ingredient in therapeutic gum

11 Battle of the Bulge region 12 Excerpts

15 Microchip found in cameras, briefly

18 Go back on a promise 22 One with nest eggs 25 One-named “A Seat at the Table” singer 26 HarperCollins romance imprint

29 Native plants

30 CNN correspondent Hill 34 Coca-Cola sports drink 35 “Two thumbs up!”

36 New Orleans NBA team 38 Quite a few

39 Clerk's chore

41 Deliberately overlook 43 Decongestant brand 45 Blubber

46 Rated (oneself) highly

47 All things considered

51 Clay being of Jewish folklore

52 Introduction to geometry?

54 Ramble

56 Essence

59 4 x 4, for short

60 Art Ross Trophy org.