L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Letters in a water molecule diagram

4 Slip by

10 Cook's protector

14 Vincent's agent in “Entourage”

15 Light cotton fabric

16 Actor Sharif

17 One of the only two NBA teams that share an arena

19 Web __

20 Happens

21 Put on weight

23 Getaway

24 Pre-High Holy Days Hebrew month

25 Hive feature

27 Exit via the jetway

30 Stand for something

31 Dazzling displays

35 Distribute

36 Simplicity-based

problem-solving principle

39 Gaucho's weapon

41 Take on

42 Engineer Citroën

44 Mix drinks

49 Nevada state flower

53 Fayetteville sch.

54 NBC skit show

55 Outplay

56 Parodies

58 Commotions

60 Where to find the ends of 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across

62 Tales and such

63 Spiny lizard

64 Mine find

65 “Watermark” musician

66 Can't abide

67 Unmatched

DOWN

1 Like the moon, at times

2 Soothsayer

3 Glitch

4 Qatari leader

5 Relay units

6 Payroll service initials

7 Sauce whose name

means “please”

8 Kitchen wrap

9 Nail polish brand

10 Clean, in a way

11 “Beatles '65” song

12 Pepcid rival

13 Show fear, maybe

18 Soothe

22 “Science Guy” Bill

25 Big wheels

26 Gear for stealth, briefly

28 Former nuclear agcy.

29 Indiana-based sports org.

32 Stubborn equine

33 Word in a court oath

34 Indistinguishable, with “the”

36 Stars and Stripes

37 Word with health or hair

38 Type of garden

39 Pub brand with a red triangle logo

40 Endlessly

43 Wane

45 Many old comedy teams

46 Sarcastic “So sad”

47 Manage to pay

48 Filed, in a way

50 Bridge term

51 Practice

52 Swaggering gait

56 D.C. group

57 Start to fall?

59 Coral, for one

61 Sweetie, in modern lingo