LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Source of

spumante wine 5 Mr. __: Former name of a Dr Pepper rival

9 Light model wood 14 Bore false witness 15 Et __: and others 16 Provo native 17 Beige look-alike 18 *Safari head

protector 20 Superficial, as

beauty

22 Make possible 23 Negative

connector 24 Packers quarterback Rodgers 26 *Traditional farm

equine

29 Nervous twitches 33 Vein discovery 34 ... Venus, __, Mars

...

35 Like sea battles 36 Column slant:

Abbr.

37 Overseas business

abbr.

38 Sheep’s call 40 Sister Sledge’s

“We __ Family” 41 Corp. bigwigs 43 Nike alternative 45 __ showing:

theater info 46 Textile mill worker 47 *Baked pork cut that sounds perfect for a blanket in the park 49 Whirlpool brand 51 Wee bit

52 Ship’s chart

55 Air, mostly 60 *Lever for manual water extraction 62 Intricate garden feature 63 Medieval suit 64 Backtalk

65 Prickly husks 66 Nary a soul 67 London rental 68 Blind part

DOWN

1 Brewpub pints 2 Under the weather 3 Hatcher with a recurring role in TV’s “Supergirl” 4 [Shrug]

5 *Kid’s homemade

topper

6 Nastase of tennis 7 Minor role 8 Scrooge’s “Dang!” 9 Good, in Guatemala 10 Hawks’ home 11 Ewe kid

12 “A Light in the Attic” poet Silverstein 13 Penny-__: unimportant 19 Roll call answer 21 Woodworking rods 25 Rubbish container 26 Stockholder’s agent 27 Protective embankment 28 Install, as a cleric 30 Eric Trump’s mom 31 Off-the-cushion pool shot 32 Large quantity 33 Pundit’s piece 35 Daytona 500 org. 39 Ordeal ... and a hint to the initials of the answers to starred clues 42 Ice-climber’s boot attachment 44 Tabloid fodder 47 One of the Three

Bears

48 Cold War threats 50 Skiing champ Phil or Steve 52 Cross over 53 Tipperary tip jar coin

54 Hunter’s need 56 Victor’s wife in

“Casablanca” 57 Ancient France 58 Poet Pound 59 Branch home 61 Bad check letters