LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Above the __”: 1994 basketball film

4 Influence 8 African capital on the Gulf of Guinea

13 Tip jar bill 14 “Boo’d Up” Grammy winner __ Mai

15 Fissile rocks 16 Figurative setting for many deals

18 Locker hangers 19 Bring upon

oneself 20 Samoan capital 22 Big name in

razors

23 Almost at hand 24 Alpha Centauri,

for one

26 Fizzles out 28 Hams it up 29 2008 Visa

milestone, briefly 32 Weho or Soho, in

slang

34 Nostrils 36 Recyclable item 37 Terra firma 40 Brian of ambient

music

41 In __: awaiting

delivery

43 Arctic sight 44 Rehab hurdle 45 Colorful ring 48 Animal fat 50 Clash of

personalities, say 52 They may be

wild

56 Grimace

57 San Joaquin

Valley haze 58 “Blue Ain’t Your Color” country singer Keith 59 Ill-judged, as a

plan

61 Colleague ... and, when preceded by “the,” what the end of 16-, 24-,

37- or 50-Across is 63 Groundbreaking

invention

64 Art Deco artist 65 “Comprende?” 66 Final word 67 Turns to gold,

perhaps

68 Zig when one should have zagged, say

DOWN

1 Givens of

“Riverdale” 2 Absurd

3 Muslim holy city 4 Berlin address 5 Jeff Lynne rock

gp.

6 Passes on a lazy

river

7 Florida host of the Outback

Bowl 8 Sushi-grade tuna 9 Game with melds 10 Like an untidy

desk

11 Stand for 12 Indian silk region 15 Jerk

17 Western Asia

native

21 Anger

24 Scorch

25 Over there 27 Weatherproof, as

a swimming pool 29 Post-op area 30 Barren region in southern South America 31 In a burdensome

way

33 Tolkien figure 35 “Help!” on the

briny

38 Story with

symbolism 39 First name in

linguistics 42 Takes off the

books

46 Sore __

47 SDI weapon 49 Quad building 50 Gives forth 51 Mooed

53 Belittle 54 Russet,

informally 55 Curled-lip look 58 Hawaiian

strings

60 “The Matrix”

hero

62 GPS suggestion