L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Astrological Ram 6 Cleans out badly? 10 __-pitch softball 13 Dry up 14 Old photo hue 15 Equivocate 16 International waters 18 Scrabble vowel value 19 Focus of a modern crisis 20 Branch bit 21 “The Persistence of Memory” artist 24 Teleflora rival 25 Ice Capades setting 26 Word with string or sing 28 Washington post 31 Ulaanbaatar native 33 One concerned with bites 35 South of France? 36 Trifling amount 38 Former NBA exec Jackson 39 “Dumbo” (2019) director Burton 41 Off-leash play area 44 Like many courtside interviews 46 Pine detritus 48 New York Harbor's __ Island 49 “Mad About You” daughter 51 __ Zion Church 53 Actor Alan 54 Runs 55 Audit 58 Holstein sound 59 Politically diverse ballot ... and an apt description of each set of puzzle circles 63 New Haven alum 64 L.L.Bean headquarters locale 65 River in some Renoir paintings 66 “Voices Carry” pop group __ Tuesday 67 Unaccompanied 68 Lauder of cosmetics

DOWN

1 Fitting 2 Root word? 3 Hot temper 4 Bouncing off the walls 5 Castaway's salvation 6 Lived 7 Slanted page 8 Slant 9 KLM rival 10 Locker room feature 11 Red Square honoree 12 Luxury watch 14 They're poured at bars 17 Many an animated Twitter pic 20 Picard's counselor 21 Stops up 22 Vocally 23 Marinated beef dish 25 Harmonize 27 Grammy category 29 Game console letters 30 Member of the opposition 32 Attachment to a car or a boat? 34 Shy 37 Result of Googling 40 Natural table 42 Heist units 43 “How to Get Away With Murder” lawyer Annalise 45 Quick looks 47 Clobber, biblically 49 “Glengarry Glen Ross” playwright 50 Garlicky spread 52 Tonsillitis-treating doc 55 Row 56 Parts of hips 57 65-Across feeder 59 Texting format, briefly 60 Set for assembly 61 Dallas-to-Memphis dir. 62 Simple top