L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Spaces between teeth 5 Comedian Foxworthy 9 Flat finish

14 Gershwin's “__ Rhythm” 15 Diva's delivery

16 Skylit courts

17 *Internet connection touted in the '90s as faster than dial-up 19 Leaks

20 Bill for beers

21 Barbie's beau

23 Church recess

24 4 x 4, for short

25 Brontë and Post

27 1987 Beatty/Hoffman bomb

30 Flammable gas

32 Andy's son in Mayberry 33 Decorate

34 ASAP relative

37 Move back and forth, as a tail

38 *Extended engagement 40 Baseball great Gehrig 41 Remains of the tray? 42 Building addition 43 Mideast strip

44 Toronto NBAer 46 Remained

48 Beach Boys “Help Me” title girl 50 Whirling toon devil 51 Slippery

52 Bosom buddy

55 Pricey watches

59 Bravery

61 Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be 63 Happening

64 Fronton game word 65 Scrabble piece

66 Stringed instruments of yore

67 Jalopy corrosion 68 Historic British school

DOWN

1 “Shadow Dancing” singer Andy

2 Indian tourist city

3 Below average

4 Law

5 Go on and on

6 MLB pitcher's stat

7 Stool pigeon

8 Lose luster, as colors

9 Fit to be tied

10 Subway immortalized in an Ellington song 11 *Diamond defensive rarity 12 Slightly inebriated 13 Subsides 18 Spreadsheet info 22 India's first prime minister

26 Herbie of jazz 27 Hawkeye's state 28 Health resorts 29 *Vegas spender 30 Lawn care tool 31 Six-pointed star-shaped screw head

33 Part of A.D.

35 Catch a few z's 36 Campus courtyard 38 SoCal cop force

39 Like much bar beer 43 Montreal daily 45 “Tennis, __?”

46 “Cut that out!” 47 Scottish toppers 48 Whoop it up

49 Hard to lift

53 Not quite closed 54 Humdinger

56 Canter or gallop 57 “Alice's Restaurant” singer Guthrie 58 British weapon acronym

60 ACLU concerns

62 Pas' partners