L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Raccoon in a dumpster, facetiously

11 Speak harshly 15 1950s-'90s preschool program with many local versions

16 Take cover

17 Daniel Radcliffe co-star in eight films

18 Internal prefix

19 Certain petty officers 20 Well-punctuated reaction

22 Original “King Kong” company

24 Sharp grabbers

25 Squat

29 Easy, as a job

32 Cooking acronym

33 Roman : Discordia :: Greek : __

34 Comfortable

36 __ talk

39 1963 folk album, and its title song 42 Summer tone

43 Numerical pair?

44 Put on an unhappy face 45 Sister of Helios

47 Poker player's problem 48 Architectural recess

49 Dust buster 52 Scatter

54 Use a counseling technique

57 Cut back

62 Purim month 63 Limited retail offer 65 Traveled

66 Pool maintenance concern

67 Float component 68 Thai food staple

DOWN

1 Long shot, in hoops lingo 2 Capital of Italy's

Lazio region

3 Some rounds

4 Filter target 5 Cutting-edge worker?

6 Practical joke involving ringing

7 Dance, e.g.

8 Reporter's best sense? 9 Unhappy ending 10 Rebuttal during recess 11 “Blue eyes and a ponytail” girl in a 1962 hit

12 Dummy

13 Something more

14 Lowly workers

21 Make a point

23 Retail store

25 Garter snake prey 26 Quarter

27 New Orleans Square site

28 Gray shade

30 Play rough

31 Shabby quarters 35 Community in New Jersey's Edison Township

37 Avian sprinters

38 Old Red Rose

40 Greek storyteller

41 Pro filer 46 Posthumously published Puzo novel

49 Popular movies, say 50 “Buckaroo Holiday” ballet

51 Winter storm sights 53 With a twist

55 Vet school subj. 56 Igloo competitor 58 App tapper

59 “Avatar” race

60 Juice for PCs 61 Proofer's mark

64 Mo. originally tenth in the Roman calendar