L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Source of spumante wine 5 Mr. __: Former name of a Dr Pepper rival

9 Light model wood

14 Bore false witness

15 Et __: and others

16 Provo native

17 Beige look-alike

18 *Safari head protector 20 Superficial, as beauty 22 Make possible

23 Negative connector 24 Packers quarterback Rodgers

26 *Traditional farm equine 29 Nervous twitches

33 Vein discovery

34 ... Venus, __, Mars ...

35 Like sea battles

36 Column slant: Abbr. 37 Overseas business abbr. 38 Sheep's call

40 Sister Sledge's “We __ Family”

41 Corp. bigwigs

43 Nike alternative 45 __ showing: theater info 46 Textile mill worker 47 *Baked pork cut that sounds perfect for a blanket in the park 49 Whirlpool brand

51 Wee bit

52 Ship's chart

55 Air, mostly

60 *Lever for manual water extraction

62 Intricate garden feature 63 Medieval suit

64 Backtalk

65 Prickly husks

66 Nary a soul

67 London rental

68 Blind part

DOWN

1 Brewpub pints

2 Under the weather 3 Hatcher with a recurring role in TV's “Supergirl” 4 [Shrug]

5 *Kid's homemade topper

6 Nastase of tennis 7 Minor role

8 Scrooge's “Dang!” 9 Good, in Guatemala 10 Hawks' home

11 Ewe kid

12 “A Light in the Attic” poet Silverstein 13 Penny-__: unimportant 19 Roll call answer 21 Woodworking rods 25 Rubbish container 26 Stockholder's agent 27 Protective embankment 28 Install, as a cleric

30 Eric Trump's mom 31 Off-the-cushion pool shot 32 Large quantity

33 Pundit's piece

35 Daytona 500 org.

39 Ordeal ... and a hint to the initials of the answers to starred clues 42 Ice-climber's boot attachment

44 Tabloid fodder

47 One of the Three Bears 48 Cold War threats

50 Skiing champ Phil or Steve

52 Cross over

53 Tipperary tip jar coin 54 Hunter's need

56 Victor's wife in “Casablanca”

57 Ancient France

58 Poet Pound

59 Branch home

61 Bad check letters