L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Bubbly stuff

5 Skiing venue

9 “Got it, man!”

14 Inventory evaluation acronym

15 Very top

16 Babysitter, maybe

17 Mtn. stats

18 Superstitious warning 20 Quick

22 Word in Montana's motto 23 Pre-Columbian stoneworker

24 Apollo's place

25 Word with window or rum 26 Beach bird

27 One with secrets to tell 28 Some judicial officials 31 Want-ad letters

32 Get one's signals crossed, say

33 Creative writing assignment

34 Assurance of honesty 36 “That's a little better” 40 Forced-air system output 41 Phi-psi link

42 Astounded reaction 43 Workplace dispute negotiator 47 When repeated, a football chant

48 Cry of dismay

49 What candles may represent

50 Sneak

52 Phnom __

53 Single dose?

54 Most unusual

55 Bush 43, for one

58 Kitchen addition? 59 Spaghetti Western director Sergio

60 Cry out loud

61 An earring may be shaped like one

62 Vicks brand

63 Page with views

64 Sailing group

DOWN

1 Undesirably rapid hardening of concrete 2 Specialized painting surface

3 Words spoken with a gentle hand gesture 4 German wine valley 5 Billboard #1 song in 1975 and 2001

6 Mil. address 7 Vader enemy

8 Loaded with heat

9 Pasta ending

10 Lesser component of “The Legend of Zelda,” say

11 Six-sided fastener 12 Winter hangover? 13 Flower girl's tossings

19 “Let every heart prepare him room” song

21 Greek goddess of the harvest

29 Mata Hari portrayer 30 Brought back to work 35 Tribe that sold horses to Lewis and Clark

37 Leaves in a chest 38 Nocturnal travel guide

39 Stray protection

43 Places for pins

44 Former Soviet premier Kosygin

45 Hit hard

46 Hand-wiping item 51 Well-rehearsed

56 Bug

57 Be behind