L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Chicken (out)

5 Mild cheese

10 Latticework component 14 Grandson of Adam 15 Behind-the-scenes retail space

17 Imaginary fish?

19 QBs' targets 20 Second-largest W. Hemisphere country 21 Clutches

22 Année quarter

23 Composer Bartók

25 Email tab

26 Water collection pit 28 Uh-huh accompaniers 32 Participates in a biathlon for physicians?

38 Of limited scope

39 Old auto named for an explorer

41 Where climbing plants flourish?

44 More than a peck

45 Yours, to Yves

46 “O, that way madness lies” speaker

50 Many a Ph.D.

54 50-Across' subj., perhaps 55 Mail creator

59 Texting qualifier 60 Where some drives begin 61 Tire-testing statistics? 64 Common cooking ingredient

65 Campsite sight

66 Language that gave us “plaid”

67 Architectural projections

68 Last letters in London

DOWN

1 Record-breaking, rainwise

2 Reciprocally

3 Alaskan burger choice 4 Nittany Lions' sch. 5 Dickensian holiday dish 6 Remains at the butcher 7 Aerial enigma 8 Microwave signal, sometimes

9 Hardware brand 10 Symbols of innocence 11 Spring up

12 Mortise partner

13 “I __ noticed”

16 That, in Madrid

18 One may include a shower

24 __ Arbor

27 Henry VIII's sixth 29 They may be long at the track

30 Square root of neun 31 Find (out)

33 Long haul

34 Recital numbers 35 Leatherworker's set 36 2014 “NCIS” spinoff locale, briefly

37 Pecan, for Texas

40 How brooms are usually stored

42 Org. affected by net neutrality

43 Fully comprehends 46 Hanukkah serving 47 Wrong turn, say

48 Bring together 49 Basel-based pharmaceutical giant 51 Feature of many a Daniel Boone depiction

52 Skips

53 Driving hazard

56 GPS datum

57 Land of the banshee 58 Civil rights icon Parks 62 Canadian rapper with the album “Reckless” 63 Big name in snack food