L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Ta-ta!”

6 Kaput

10 Musical ending

14 Ready for the operation 15 Dance that may involve a chair

16 “Amores” poet 17 Eggs-uberant hen?

19 Like used books

20 __ Xtra: cherry soda brand

21 Apple on a desk

22 Word with ring or book 23 Rights org.

24 Loon, at times?

27 Butler on a plantation 29 Like Colbert's show

30 Kiss

35 Summit

36 Do some '80s Sochi sunbathing?

40 “The Well-Tempered Clavier” composer 41 Taking medication

42 Final flight destinations? 44 Kitchen shelf array 49 Hitchhiking and texting? 54 Tick repellent

55 __ Club

56 When repeated, fish on a menu 57 “That being the case ... ” 58 Letters after E?

59 What young elephants do for fun?

61 The third Mrs. Roy Rogers 62 Airer of many NCAA games

63 Farm stray

64 1974 CIA spoof

65 Reasons

66 Cornered, in a way

DOWN

1 Not up to snuff 2 Increase the value of 3 Consumer-friendly? 4 Hedge opening 5 Biblical traveler 6 Former SeaWorld attraction 7 Georgetown athletes 8 Eponymous vacuum brand

9 Roofer's supply 10 Popular Toyotas

11 Has in common

12 Line through the middle

13 Include

18 Pot top

22 Lacking color

25 Ben of Ben & Jerry's 26 “Toy Story” dinosaur

28 Scolder's cluck

31 In the __ of

32 Creator of Iceland's Imagine Peace Tower 33 Ties may be broken in them, briefly

34 Only half-pretentious? 36 Bar by the tub

37 If truth be told

38 Does a ragtime dance 39 “That's disgusting!” 40 Skeeter eater

43 “60 Minutes” network

45 One slightly changed this clue

46 Storm shelter, say 47 Blues great Smith 48 Fired up

50 Sect in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County

51 Like maple trees and pigeons?

52 Ruling descendants of Genghis

53 Thing to confess

58 DJ's inventory

59 Strange (to)

60 “Silent Spring” subj.