LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sarah __, fIrst woman governor

of Alaska

6 Academic acronym

10 Chem class rooms

14 Therapy prefix 15 Cardamom-infused tea 16 Tierra en el mar

17 Blue Ribbon beer

18 Heavenly bear

19 Small bottle

20 2002 Hugh Grant film based

on a Nick Hornby novel 22 Ogre, for one

23 Post-injury regimen 24 Delicate

25 Strong, as a storm

28 Reunion attendee

29 Signal from the wings 30 Gobbledygook

36 Symbol on several PC keys 39 Long-handled tool

40 Puccini specialty 41 Three-time All-Star outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP

44 Title for Richard Starkey 45 RPM indicator

46 Drum kit cymbals

49 Put under

52 Shrek’s love

54 Blond hair, e.g.

55 Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? 59 Come by honestly

60 First name in desserts 61 Bull-riding venue

62 “__ sow ... “ 63 A bit open

64 Wastes time 65 Canasta combination 66 Foots the bill 67 Parcels (out)

DOWN

1 Fairy tale bear

2 Part of UAE

3 ESPN basketball analyst

Rebecca

4 “There’s no doubt!”

5 Talk aimlessly

6 Diving acronym

7 Pulsate

8 “Settle down!”

9 Soccer great Hamm

10 Have a ball

11 Lao or Thai

12 __ from the past: nostalgic

event

13 Like pretzels

21 “May I speak?”

22 Bluegrass band staple 24 Hall & Oates, e.g. 25 Nature’s bandage

26 Costa del Sol coin

27 Trick or treat

28 Under the covers

31 “This isn’t good”

32 Part of “MNF,” an in-season

wkly. sports broadcast 33 Spanish for “table”

34 One with a tyre in his boot,

perhaps

35 Scull crew

37 Managed to get 38 Tombstone first name 42 Letters in early dates 43 Chase away

47 Like mosaic tiles

48 Salon creation

49 Teakettle output 50 Backspace over

51 Hannah of “Splash”

52 New venture

53 Structural beams

55 Gulf of California peninsula 56 1994 Jodie Foster title role 57 “Trick” joint 58 Disrespectful talk 60 Botanical fluid