L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Source of spumante wine 5 Mr. __: Former name of a Dr Pepper rival
9 Light model wood
14 Bore false witness
15 Et __: and others
16 Provo native
17 Beige look-alike
18 *Safari head protector 20 Superficial, as beauty 22 Make possible
23 Negative connector 24 Packers quarterback Rodgers
26 *Traditional farm equine 29 Nervous twitches
33 Vein discovery
34 ... Venus, __, Mars ...
35 Like sea battles
36 Column slant: Abbr. 37 Overseas business abbr. 38 Sheep's call
40 Sister Sledge's “We __ Family”
41 Corp. bigwigs
43 Nike alternative 45 __ showing: theater info 46 Textile mill worker 47 *Baked pork cut that sounds perfect for a blanket in the park 49 Whirlpool brand
51 Wee bit
52 Ship's chart
55 Air, mostly
60 *Lever for manual water extraction
62 Intricate garden feature 63 Medieval suit
64 Backtalk
65 Prickly husks
66 Nary a soul
67 London rental
68 Blind part
DOWN
1 Brewpub pints
2 Under the weather 3 Hatcher with a recurring role in TV's “Supergirl” 4 [Shrug]
5 *Kid's homemade topper
6 Nastase of tennis 7 Minor role
8 Scrooge's “Dang!” 9 Good, in Guatemala 10 Hawks' home
11 Ewe kid
12 “A Light in the Attic” poet Silverstein 13 Penny-__: unimportant 19 Roll call answer 21 Woodworking rods 25 Rubbish container 26 Stockholder's agent 27 Protective embankment 28 Install, as a cleric
30 Eric Trump's mom 31 Off-the-cushion pool shot 32 Large quantity
33 Pundit's piece
35 Daytona 500 org.
39 Ordeal ... and a hint to the initials of the answers to starred clues 42 Ice-climber's boot attachment
44 Tabloid fodder
47 One of the Three Bears 48 Cold War threats
50 Skiing champ Phil or Steve
52 Cross over
53 Tipperary tip jar coin 54 Hunter's need
56 Victor's wife in “Casablanca”
57 Ancient France
58 Poet Pound
59 Branch home
61 Bad check letters