L.A TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Spaces between teeth 5 Comedian Foxworthy 9 Flat finish
14 Gershwin's “__ Rhythm” 15 Diva's delivery
16 Skylit courts
17 *Internet connection touted in the '90s as faster than dial-up 19 Leaks
20 Bill for beers
21 Barbie's beau
23 Church recess
24 4 x 4, for short
25 Brontë and Post
27 1987 Beatty/Hoffman bomb
30 Flammable gas
32 Andy's son in Mayberry 33 Decorate
34 ASAP relative
37 Move back and forth, as a tail
38 *Extended engagement 40 Baseball great Gehrig 41 Remains of the tray? 42 Building addition 43 Mideast strip
44 Toronto NBAer 46 Remained
48 Beach Boys “Help Me” title girl 50 Whirling toon devil 51 Slippery
52 Bosom buddy
55 Pricey watches
59 Bravery
61 Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be 63 Happening
64 Fronton game word 65 Scrabble piece
66 Stringed instruments of yore
67 Jalopy corrosion 68 Historic British school
DOWN
1 “Shadow Dancing” singer Andy
2 Indian tourist city
3 Below average
4 Law
5 Go on and on
6 MLB pitcher's stat
7 Stool pigeon
8 Lose luster, as colors
9 Fit to be tied
10 Subway immortalized in an Ellington song 11 *Diamond defensive rarity 12 Slightly inebriated 13 Subsides 18 Spreadsheet info 22 India's first prime minister
26 Herbie of jazz 27 Hawkeye's state 28 Health resorts 29 *Vegas spender 30 Lawn care tool 31 Six-pointed star-shaped screw head
33 Part of A.D.
35 Catch a few z's 36 Campus courtyard 38 SoCal cop force
39 Like much bar beer 43 Montreal daily 45 “Tennis, __?”
46 “Cut that out!” 47 Scottish toppers 48 Whoop it up
49 Hard to lift
53 Not quite closed 54 Humdinger
56 Canter or gallop 57 “Alice's Restaurant” singer Guthrie 58 British weapon acronym
60 ACLU concerns
62 Pas' partners