LOS ANGELES TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “__ show time!” 4 Get some rays 8 Weak, excuse-wise 14 Stanley Cup org. 15 “See ya” 16 Change from five stars to three, say 17 Drink with jam and bread, in song 18 “You think anyone cares about MY opinion?” 20 Nocturnal birds 22 HBO miniseries “Big Little __” 23 Easy-to-scam people 24 Boatload (of) 27 Caramel-filled candy 28 “Hold the Hellmann’s” 29 Protein-building acid 31 Mother in Calcutta 35 “On the Beach” novelist Shute 36 Texter’s #1 pal 39 “Let’s see here ... ” 41 Finish 42 “You win” 44 Ophthalmologist’s concern 46 Myanmar, once 47 Gives the go-ahead 51 Scent 52 Overall concept of the universe 55 Guthrie of folk 56 Manufacture 57 Designer Gucci 58 Eye-of-newt concoction 62 Sense of self 63 “You can say that again!” 64 Christmas season 65 U.S. House member 66 “You can say that again!” 67 City near Tulsa 68 Radical ’60s campus gp.
DOWN
1 Visiting the area 2 “My Generation” rock band 3 Zigzag ski event 4 “Before I forget,” in texts 5 “Say __”: doctor’s directive 6 Buy time 7 Longtime “Today” co-host Couric 8 Some big dos 9 Kauai garland 10 Exasperating 11 “Holy smokes!” 12 Drop by, colloquially 13 Evergreens shrubs 19 Drops on the grass 21 Wood strip 25 Glasses and goggles 26 Achy 27 Acted without restraint 30 Overused, as jokes 32 Shade tree 33 Foxy 34 “I’ll take that as __” 36 Lobster eater’s protection 37 The “F” element in CFC 38 Full-size cars of the 1960s-’80s 40 Lustrous white gem 43 Kissy-kissy 45 Thomas __ Edison 48 Persian Gulf ships 49 Crammed (into) ... and, when aptly hyphenated, like 18-, 24-, 39-, 52and 58-Across 50 Descends suddenly 52 Used to be 53 “All right, so long” 54 “Friends” episode, now 55 Not 1-Down 56 Kitty sounds 59 Groundbreaking invention? 60 Quarterback Manning 61 Marry