L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Correspondence sign-off 5 Musical series set at McKinley High

9 “Wealth of Nations” author Smith

13 Pot for paella

14 Speaks up?

15 Bit of folklore

16 Mature gentle treatment? 18 B'way hit signs

19 News letters

20 “Have some”

21 Decides not to dele

22 Bodega miss 25 Roe-producing fish

26 Mature sprightly piano classic?

30 Canaanite deity

32 Half a cocktail

33 Handler of “Sex and the City”

34 Costa del __

35 Mature young infatuation? 39 Taking a sick day, presumably

40 Trivial, as talk

42 Versailles ruler

43 Mouselike animal

45 Mature news newbie?

49 Salty margarita glass spots 50 Low-alcohol beverage 54 Dries gently

56 French menu word

57 Singer Grande's perfume brand

58 “__ move”

59 Mature “Agnus Dei” translation?

63 Air

64 Word with offering or officer

65 “Who __ knows?” 66 Scandinavian literary work 67 Lie next to

68 Wedding couple?

DOWN

1 Phony

2 Run secretly to the chapel 3 Dispatched, as a dragon 4 Ankle pic

5 Cavern

6 Brit's facilities

7 Bud on a spud

8 Snaky curve

9 On the line

10 Stunt performer, say 11 Boatloads

12 Food in a hall

14 Braid

17 Notable Ford of the '70s 21 “__ Persisted”: children's book about inspirational women

23 Andean tuber

24 Pit-digging insect 25 Handmade blade

27 Eastern “way” 28 Second-oldest Ivy

29 NBC show since 1975 30 Portend

31 Versatile

34 Bro or sis

36 Rich rocks

37 Political initials since 1884

38 Exceedingly

41 Asmara's nation

44 Poetic sphere

46 Rental ad abbr.

47 Veto

48 Brownish gray

51 Birdie topper

52 Jagged, as a leaf's edge 53 Carnival attractions

54 Data unit

55 Musician's forte?

59 Place for a chemical peel 60 Lang. of the Torah 61 __ minérale:

French spring supply 62 Gratified