L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Swampy spots

5 Hopeless case

10 Zoo structure

14 Pinza of “South Pacific” 15 Verdi aria translating to “It was you”

16 Gem from Australia

17 “I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool” singer

20 Flying nocturnal predator 21 Good, in Grenoble

22 “Makes sense to me” 23 Decide not to use

25 David Bowie genre

29 Israeli port

31 Sneezer's need 32 Bourbon-making process 35 Charlemagne's realm: Abbr.

36 Pampered

37 Part of EDT

41 Juillet's season 42 Electromagnetic radiation unit

44 Online financial site

48 Cuba __: rum drink

49 Cost per night, in hotels 51 “The party's been canceled”

55 Cocktail party spread 56 Seagoing pronoun

57 Extinct emu-like bird 58 Using coercion, as shown in this puzzle's circles 63 Northern neighbor of Chile

64 “This I Promise You” band 65 First chip in

66 Escalator part

67 Storied granter of wishes 68 Neither winning nor losing

DOWN

1 Charlie Parker jazz genre 2 Longtime Boston Symphony conductor 3 Brownies, e.g.

4 Weep loudly

5 Apache chief

6 Algerian port 7 Matchstick-removing game

8 Internet sales, collectively

9 Rushes toward

10 Apple pie-making gadgets

11 Wild way to go

12 Four qts.

13 Building add-on

18 On the ferry 19 Moore of “Ghost” 24 Actress Elisabeth

25 Grill fuel

26 Irish actor Milo

27 Spicy Indian dish 28 Excited about, with “on” 30 Vampire tooth

32 __ voce: softly

33 Southern New Mexico county

34 Prefix with sphere 36 Woodland grazer 38 Atmosphere, as of a restaurant

39 French existential dramatist

40 “__ chic!”

43 Many a microbrew 45 Excites

46 “Doggone it!”

47 Enjoying the bistro, say 50 Needing a chill pill 52 Muscat native

53 Strong point

54 Widely known

56 Hägar's daughter 58 Adorns with Angel Soft, briefly

59 Freshly painted 60 Hothead's emotion 61 MD for women

62 Took it easy