LA. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Boxing contest 6 Covered with frosting 10 Morticia Addams, to Gomez

14 Beef recall cause 15 __ Scotia

16 “Sounds good” 17 Pulsate

18 Long, hard trip

19 Curly salon job

20 Olive Garden, e.g. 23 Tokyo, formerly

24 USN NCO 25 Enlightened cry

26 HBO rival, briefly

27 Cologne squirts 32 Winning big

35 “Did __ something wrong?”

36 Suspicious (of) 37 Pelican State sch. 38 Strings at luaus 39 Adam's mate 40 Breakfast cereal with dried grapes 44 “Ask Ann Landers” sister column

46 Feel poorly

47 Mex. neighbor 48 Former JFK lander 49 Govt.-issued aid 52 Surprised by a shower ... and a hint involving certain outer letters of 20-, 32- and 40-Across 58 Gorbachev's land: Abbr. 59 “What a great __!” 60 No longer squeaking 61 Mets' old stadium 62 Expected result

63 Wind instrument commonly played horizontally

64 Sassy

65 Yucky stuff

66 UPS competitor DOWN 1 39.37 inches, in Liverpool 2 Felt the pain

3 Trunk of the body

4 Solidify

5 Small charcoal grill

6 “101” course title word 7 Former “Iron Chef America” chef Cat __ 8 Tied, scorewise

9 '60s TV show whose title means “doctor” in Swahili 10 Astaire headwear 11 Swedish retailer

12 Delhi dress

13 Choir number

21 “... wish __ a star” 22 Spot for stubble

26 Wild blue yonder

27 Spacek of “Bloodline” 28 Spitting sound

29 Viral concern at the Rio Olympics

30 Garden of __

31 Maritime emergency letters

32 Enthusiastic review 33 Room size calculation 34 Smooth-talking 36 Abandon bachelorhood 38 Website ID

40 Foolhardy

41 Letting up

42 Bandmate of Crosby and Stills

43 Attempt “more than one can chew,” in an idiom 45 Nickelodeon toon tot 48 “Forever” post office purchase

49 José's “L'chaim!”

50 Seven, in Spain

51 Handy list in the back 52 Zodiac transition point 53 Tennis legend Arthur 54 Icon tapper

55 Talent show for 17 seasons, briefly

56 Fictional sleuth Wolfe 57 Stir to anger