L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Light-ly armed fighter? 5 “Better Call Saul” network

8 Takes by force

14 Nerve impulse carrier

15 Bit of texting mirth 16 ThinkPad maker 17 Liveliness

19 “Grumpy” film guys 20 Really enjoyed, with “up” 21 Got 100 on

22 Iberian river

23 Jefferson Airplane song with the words “Go ask Alice”

27 To the degree that

30 “It's __!”

31 Like the Piper

32 Wrapped up

33 Piece of land

36 “To boldly go,” e.g. 41 Boston winter hrs.

42 Words before a start date 43 Swedish retail giant

44 Color from the French for “mole”

46 Multiplex theater count 49 Cat owner's purchase 51 Deeply engrossed 52 Nest-building flier 53 Wordsmith's ref. 56 Verdict challenge

59 Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across 61 Throwing money around, in slang

62 __ urchin

63 Central

64 Chinese bamboo eaters 65 TV shopper's option

66 Tom Stoppard creation

DOWN

1 Indonesian island 2 __ interview

3 Spoil, with “on”

4 Ship __ bottle

5 Keys of music

6 Church songs

7 Half a notorious crime duo

8 __-mo replay

9 Slender aquarium swimmer

10 Like many a college graduate

11 Resembling the walking dead

12 Tennis legend Chris 13 Prefix with gram 18 Cowardly Lion portrayer 23 Desert riverbed

24 Sitar master Shankar 25 Yemen's main port 26 City on the Adriatic 27 Semicircular church area 28 Doesn't guzzle 29 Sharpie, e.g. 32 On vacation 34 “Cupcake Wars” appliance

35 Drinks with scones 37 Opposite of slack 38 Game played with one's

“little eye” 39 Dramatist Coward 40 Level

45 Go to

46 Declares 47 Diagnostic pic

48 Loan default risk 49 Iota follower

50 “If only”

51 Rough file 53 Iridescent gem 54 “East of Eden” director

Kazan

55 Say no to 57 MouthHealthy.org initials

58 Lille lily

60 Diamond authority