L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mary Oliver, e.g.

5 Tweak

11 Obliterate in a flash

14 Prefix with sphere 15 Self-moving vacuum

16 “I __ you one”

17 High-tech classroom 19 Starchy grain

20 Bygone Persian rulers 21 Long-jawed fish

22 Present

23 Fighter at the Olympics 27 Man-horse hybrid 30 Synagogue reading 31 Country between Vietnam and Thailand

32 Quaint contraction

34 Type of coffee or whiskey 37 Congressional statute 38 Military IDs ... or what 17-, 23-, 51- and 61-Across have

41 Life highlights, briefly 42 Moby-Dick, e.g.

44 Hula strings

45 Pungent quality

46 Rice dish

49 “The Shawshank Redemption” extras

51 Court long shot

54 __ hog

55 Org. whose returns were never sales 56 Get to

60 Trellis climber

61 Astute attorney

64 Golf peg, or where it's used

65 Long cold spell

66 Image in a botanical print 67 Make a typo, say

68 Litter box visitor 69 Pre-Easter season

DOWN

1 D.C. influence gps. 2 “However,” in tweets 3 “Handsome, clever, and rich” Jane Austen character

4 Headwear with tails 5 Works on walls

6 Stag's mate

7 Longtime Univision news anchor Ramos

8 Two dots above a vowel 9 Pizza chain in many food courts

10 Bar bill

11 Madagascar!, in the Bronx

12 In the know

13 Pan in Neverland

18 Inst. with the fight song “On, Brave

Old Army Team”

22 Frost 24 Jay-Z's “D.O.A.

(Death of __-Tune)” 25 H.S. subject that covers all the angles?

26 Jewish ritual

27 Jaguar's weapon 28 Individually

29 “Fat chance!”

33 “The Simpsons” disco devotee

35 Locale

36 Soil-clearing tools 38 Mark for omission 39 Related 40 Well-mannered man 43 Made up things

45 Reveal everything 47 Individually

48 Draw a blank

50 Nothing but

51 Done to death

52 Float in the air

53 Actor Oscar __ of “Star Wars:

The Last Jedi” 57 Pulitzer-winning author James 58 Close-knit group

59 Test by lifting 61 Backtalk

62 Alternative to

JFK or EWR

63 Perfecta or trifecta