L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 With 18-Across, R.E.M. guitarist 6 Microscope glass 10 All snuggled in 14 Support piece 15 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit 16 Black-and-white cookie 17 Anglo-__ 18 With 35-Across, 10-time “SNL” host who was Belushi's straight man in samurai routines 19 Restaurant handout 20 Gritty film genre 22 “We are gathered __ today ... ” 24 “Say that's true ... ” 27 Speedway event 29 Entertainment award quartets, for short 33 Swiss skiing spot 34 Pops, to tots 35 With 44-Across, hitter of 755 home runs 36 “Perhaps I'm wrong” 38 Takes effect 39 What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess 41 Climbs, as a cliff 42 Staggered 44 With 57-Across, “Breaking Bad” actor

45 Gives (out) sparingly 46 Passé TV accessory 47 Sediment layer 48 Courtroom cry 49 Big Apple team 50 Weak end? 52 Anti-cruelty org. 54 Green gemstone 57 With 68-Across, Garfunkel's partner 59 Zest 63 Big Aussie birds 64 Taj Mahal city 65 Worker, briefly 66 Ocean motion 67 Depend (on) 68 With 1-Across, one of the Twelve Apostles

DOWN

1 “Arthur” TV station 2 Notable time 3 Withholding __ 4 Lodge opening? 5 Nevada casino city 6 Chocolate dog 7 Emory email ender 8 Wall recesses 9 “For heaven's __!” 10 Impatient after-school text to a parent 11 Salem is its cap. 12 Buddhist sect 13 “__ busy?”

21 Tehran residents 23 Warms up, as leftovers 24 Dr. Seuss' Sam-__ 25 Sideless train unit 26 Invasive computer program 28 Scratching-post attachment 30 With no breaks, as a tennis set 31 Cut into four-inch pieces, as a footlong sub 32 Dict. entry 34 Pass rusher's team 37 Meaty spaghetti sauce 38 React to dust 40 Script for TV 41 Down or blue 43 Rx writers 45 Rx quantity 49 New Zealand native 51 Prepare for a boxing day? 53 A++ 54 Airbus product 55 French buddy 56 Failed firecracker 58 Clickable link 60 Boo-boo kisser 61 Gaza Strip gp. 62 “An egg's way of making another egg”: Samuel Butler