L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Above the __”: 1994 basketball film 4 Influence 8 African capital on the Gulf of Guinea

13 Tip jar bill 14 “Boo'd Up” Grammy winner __ Mai 15 Fissile rocks 16 Figurative setting for many deals 18 Locker hangers 19 Bring upon oneself 20 Samoan capital

22 Big name in razors 23 Almost at hand 24 Alpha Centauri, for one 26 Fizzles out

28 Hams it up

29 2008 Visa milestone, briefly

32 Weho or Soho, in slang

34 Nostrils

36 Recyclable item

37 Terra firma

40 Brian of ambient music

41 In __: awaiting delivery

43 Arctic sight

44 Rehab hurdle

45 Colorful ring

48 Animal fat 50 Clash of personalities, say

52 They may be wild 56 Grimace

57 San Joaquin Valley haze 58 “Blue Ain't Your Color” country singer Keith 59 Ill-judged, as a plan 61 Colleague ... and, when preceded by “the,” what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is 63 Groundbreaking invention

64 Art Deco artist

65 “Comprende?”

66 Final word

67 Turns to gold, perhaps

68 Zig when one should have zagged, say

DOWN

1 Givens of “Riverdale” 2 Absurd 3 Muslim holy city 4 Berlin address 5 Jeff Lynne rock gp. 6 Passes on a lazy river

7 Florida host of the Outback Bowl 8 Sushi-grade tuna

9 Game with melds 10 Like an untidy desk 11 Stand for 12 Indian silk region 15 Jerk

17 Western Asia native 21 Anger

24 Scorch

25 Over there 27 Weatherproof, as a swimming pool

29 Post-op area

30 Barren region in southern South America

31 In a burdensome way 33 Tolkien figure 35 “Help!” on the briny 38 Story with symbolism 39 First name in linguistics

42 Takes off the books

46 Sore __

47 SDI weapon

49 Quad building

50 Gives forth

51 Mooed

53 Belittle

54 Russet, informally

55 Curled-lip look

58 Hawaiian strings

60 “The Matrix” hero

62 GPS suggestion