LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Playfully shy 4 Cooled with cubes 8 Shrubs arranged

as barriers 14 Anger

15 It has three numbers and two slashes

16 Staves off 17 *Afternoon social that may include a waltz or three 19 Stay close to 20 Start of a pirate’s

refrain

21 Matching tops

worn together 23 Phobos, to Mars 25 Cry after a golfer’s

ace

26 “Even __ speak ...

”

29 Goldarn

31 [None of the

above]

34 New Mexico art

community 35 Wall St. takeover 36 Tom, Dick or Harry 37 U.K. continent 38 *Brewery

container

40 Arg. neighbor 41 Hopping joints? 43 Elton John’s title 44 Chinese menu

possessive 45 Used a stun gun

on 46 Jared of “Panic

Room”

47 Russo of

“Ransom” 48 Panache 50 “Giant” author

Ferber

52 “The Piano Lesson” painter Henri

54 Depends (on) 58 Summer TV fare 59 Like the U.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 61 Hush-hush 62 Deep sleep 63 B&B, maybe 64 1896 and 2004

Olympics setting 65 Command to a

dog

66 Anatomical pouch

DOWN

1 Part of SLC 2 Sundae-topping

cookie

3 “All right!” 4 “Famous

Potatoes” state 5 Does some

necking

6 “Yada, yada, yada”

letters

7 Tick repellent 8 Hard thing to kick 9 Vespers 10 Population

statistic 11 *Growing

business?

12 Coup d’__

13 Ukr. or Est., once 18 Stadium toppers 22 Barrister’s topper 24 Local theater,

briefly 26 Bothered big-time 27 Hot spot 28 *Monster.com

activity 30 Swedes’

neighbors 32 Noted 2001

bankruptcy 33 Word in a green

trio?

36 British landing

facility

38 Sheets and

pillowcases

39 Sky box? 42 Professor’s

address 44 Singing syllables 46 Capt.’s underlings 49 Helpers: Abbr. 51 Sherpa’s country 52 Convene

53 Carve in stone 55 Colored eye part 56 Italian peak 57 Match audio and

video 58 Mandela’s land:

Abbr.

60 Tales of __:

misfortunes