L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 3.0 and 4.0, briefly

5 “The Fall” guy?

10 AOL rival

13 James' evil golfing opponent, in a 1964 film

15 Up to one's neck

16 Subj. of a “delayed” notice

17 Kitty Hawk?

19 Monk's title

20 Asset for a musician

21 One with all the answers?

22 Englishman Charles' ripped-up early essay attempts?

27 Tight gp.

31 Some voting machine parts

32 Arcade plumber

34 2010s White House name

35 1860s White House name

38 Good insurance risk? 41 “Didn't I tell you?”

42 U.S. laundry soap since 1918

43 Mound stats

44 It might be a bust

46 Where Ford gets an F

47 Pre-christmas affair?

52 Forgets the lyrics, maybe

53 Evil laugh 58 59-Down need

59 Winning, in sports slang ... and what each of four puzzle answers is doing?

63 Bit of online mirth 64 Bury

65 Gooey goody

66 Poetic conjunction

67 Shoot for the stars

68 Corrosive chemicals

DOWN

1 Rubberneck

2 Sheer

3 R&B'S India.__

4 Take the offer

5 Three-time Best Director of the 1930s

6 Spiked punch? 7 Kid's cry

8 Neil Armstrong alma mater

9 __-crab soup

10 Smart regarding marketing

11 Picnic spoiler

12 Desert along Africa's southwest coast

14 Mull (over)

18 Sailing moniker

21 Shooting option, briefly

23 School meetings

24 “That '70s Show” role

25 The “Tristia” poet

26 Quake causes

27 Autobahn autos

28 One may be taken for a ride

29 Shopper's lure

30 Quote qualifier

33 Gumbo pods

34 Screen lists

36 Fliers with combs

37 Source of “clan” and “slogan”

39 Miller option

40 Evan : Welsh :: __ : Scottish

45 Pranks, in a way, informally

47 More than a high roller, in casino lingo

48 Buzz

49 Cyberchatting

50 Have mastery over

51 Badgers

54 Webmaster's code

55 Call from a bridge

56 “__ goes!”

57 Floors

59 Part of a band tour

60 “The Realistic Joneses” playwright Will

61 Slow boat

62 TNT component?