L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Play divisions

5 Citrus coolers

9 Caroline, to Bobby Kennedy

14 Site of many a college party

15 Vatican leader

16 Garden trimming gadget

17 Singer __ Amos

18 Stuffed shirt

19 Pastry with tea

20 Bach mini comic opera about a beverage addiction

23 Pillow filler

24 Anthem contraction

25 Modern car receivers

33 Letter-shaped plumbing trap

34 Shade tree

35 Layer on a stagnant pond

36 Opp. of 56-Down

37 Secretly

41 Denver-to-Chicago dir.

42 Beginning on

44 Hide-hair connector

45 German camera

47 He played the interviewer in “Interview With the Vampire”

51 Yellowfin tuna

52 Very often

53 Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across

59 Liberty Bell flaw

60 Artificial bait

61 “The First __”: holiday song

63 “Voices Carry” co-songwriter Mann

64 Perched on

65 Impulse

66 Models strike them

67 Acknowledges applause

68 Mexican bread?

DOWN

1 Back on board

2 Gator's cousin

3 Poi source

4 React to an insult, maybe

5 Legal challenge

6 Scale starters

7 Grand-scale production

8 Genesis creator

9 Snapple rival

10 They're often swiped at work

11 Entertainment awards acronym

12 Wrestler John

13 Prior to, in poems

21 Tosses in one's cards

22 Expected outcomes

25 The “poison” type contains the skin irritant urushiol

26 Disconcert

27 Pavarotti, for one

28 Earth, to Cato

29 “Xanadu” rock gp.

30 Seal the deal

31 Prevention measure?

32 Makeup streak

38 “Open __ 9 p.m.”: store sign

39 Avril Lavigne's “Sk8er __”

40 Give permission

43 Bride-to-be

46 Wiped out by excess

costs, as profits

48 Burger joint drinks

49 Limited in scope

50 Grabs some shuteye

53 Cold, in Cádiz

54 Brand with a paw print in its logo

55 Love handles, so to speak

56 Works-by-itself setting

57 Old stories

58 Relay race segments

59 Spending limit

62 Sign of summer