L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “__ talks!”: “Anna Christie” tagline
6 Pond floater
10 Fox Business competitor 14 2015 boxing film
15 Ditty
16 Total
17 Literary agents who sold “Catch-22”?
19 Cuyahoga River outlet 20 Still unresolved
21 Were so inclined 23 Gumshoe
24 Dates
26 They test the waters: Abbr.
27 Defective Chatty Cathys? 32 “Six Feet Under” creator Ball
35 Like metal concerts
36 ___ de parfum
37 Perfume samples, maybe ... or what this puzzle's circles are
42 NYC's Lex, e.g.
43 Steam producer 44 42-Across et al.
45 Hanging out by the lockers, etc.?
50 Note from someone in a hole
51 Gerald R. Ford Award org. 52 Dadaist Jean 55 Note taker's need
59 Home to Iberia and Siberia
61 “Oh, ri-i-ight” 62 Uncomfortable look from the queen?
64 Casual farewell
65 Party mix staple 66 Sorbonne concepts
67 “Can it!”
68 “My only love sprung from my only __!”: Juliet 69 Swashbuckler's word
DOWN
1 Popular IM service 2 Glacial ridge
3 Museum piece
4 Units named for AT&T's founder
5 Ukrainian port
6 “The Deer Hunter” actress
7 Reminder
8 Insensitive, briefly 9 Erosion formation 10 Shudder-inducing sort, slangily
11 “Check out the brain over here!”
12 Part of a sting
13 1963 Liz Taylor role 18 Is sorry about
22 Fruity ale brand 25 Column part that's strictly ornamental? 27 Genetics lab subject 28 “__ won't back down”: Tom Petty lyric
29 __-shy
30 Rushing, perhaps
31 Work (out)
32 Indian nanny
33 Volcanic flower 34 Features of many kids' menus
38 Close, as a duffel
39 Glass of
“This American Life” 40 Primes, e.g.: Abbr. 41 Hectic hosp. zones 46 Shower tool 47 Mountaineering tool 48 Hammering tool 49 Crop-eating insect 52 He played a TV newsroom boss
53 Cut to bits
54 Country, in Italy
55 Course where kids check products?
56 Old Testament redhead
57 Prefix with rival
58 City where Al Jazeera is headquartered
60 Verdi princess
63 To this time