L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Transvaal treks

8 Quarters

15 Big building

16 Political power structure

17 Asian setting of a 2017 PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick 18 Not belowdecks

19 Snakelike fish

20 Golf club part

22 Mend one's sinful ways 23 Paul of “Ant-Man” 25 GI entertainers

26 Many soap opera meetings

27 Scottish caps

29 Ray of fast food

31 Nuclear pioneer Enrico 33 Kickoff aid

34 Physical therapy, briefly 39 French __ soup

40 Appt. book blocks 41 Mountains between Europe and Asia

42 Channel for school sports 43 Frequently, in verse 44 December temp

45 Skater Lipinski

47 Combat vet's affliction, briefly 48 Bombard with noise

52 Tax whiz

54 Spanish “this” 57 Nonresident hospital employee

58 Gutter locale

60 Party bowlful

61 Brutish

63 Dilapidated digs 65 Contrived sentimentality 66 Funded

67 Like the oldest bread 68 Emails anew

DOWN

1 Break, as ties

2 French parting 3 *Educational outing 4 Toward the stern

5 Mark on a table from a wet glass

6 Wax-winged flier of myth 7 Their winners go to the finals

8 The 1% in 1% milk 9 Portuguese wine city 10 *Social elite

11 Sounding like Popeye 12 Tastes

13 “Wish I __ said that” 14 Decides to leave in the manuscript 21 *Gambler's stoic expression

24 Bourne portrayer 28 *Quick-cook side dish

30 Enjoy a recliner

31 Enemy

32 Nav. rank

33 Norse god with a hammer

35 Dry-__ board

36 Without a doubt ... or what the starts of the answers to starred clues are?

37 PC key near Ctrl

38 Org. with merit badges 46 Chronological records 47 Stately 16th-century dance

48 Financial obligations 49 Wield, as influence 50 Perplexed

51 __ monitor: OB/GYN device

53 Peeling device

55 Like many shower stalls

56 Opinion columns

59 JFK postings

62 Tennis do-over

64 Furrow maker