L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Playfully shy

4 Cooled with cubes 8 Shrubs arranged as barriers

14 Anger

15 It has three numbers and two slashes

16 Staves off

17 *Afternoon social that may include a waltz or three

19 Stay close to

20 Start of a pirate's refrain

21 Matching tops worn together

23 Phobos, to Mars

25 Cry after a golfer's ace 26 “Even __ speak ... ” 29 Goldarn

31 [None of the above]

34 New Mexico art community

35 Wall St. takeover

36 Tom, Dick or Harry

37 U.K. continent

38 *Brewery container

40 Arg. neighbor

41 Hopping joints?

43 Elton John's title 44 Chinese menu

possessive

45 Used a stun gun on

46 Jared of “Panic Room”

47 Russo of “Ransom”

48 Panache

50 “Giant” author Ferber

52 “The Piano Lesson” painter Henri

54 Depends (on)

58 Summer TV fare

59 Like the U.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

61 Hush-hush

62 Deep sleep

63 B&B, maybe

64 1896 and 2004 Olympics setting

65 Command to a dog 66 Anatomical pouch

DOWN

1 Part of SLC 2 Sundae-topping cookie 3 “All right!”

4 “Famous Potatoes” state 5 Does some necking 6 “Yada, yada, yada” letters

7 Tick repellent 8 Hard thing to kick

9 Vespers

10 Population statistic

11 *Growing business?

12 Coup d'__

13 Ukr. or Est., once

18 Stadium toppers

22 Barrister's topper

24 Local theater, briefly

26 Bothered big-time

27 Hot spot

28 *Monster.com activity

30 Swedes' neighbors

32 Noted 2001 bankruptcy

33 Word in a green trio?

36 British landing facility

38 Sheets and pillowcases

39 Sky box?

42 Professor's address

44 Singing syllables

46 Capt.'s underlings

49 Helpers: Abbr.

51 Sherpa's country

52 Convene

53 Carve in stone

55 Colored eye part

56 Italian peak

57 Match audio and video

58 Mandela's land:

Abbr.

60 Tales of __: misfortunes