TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Chatter

4 Sink unclogger

9 — Jessica Parker 14 Yes, to Yvette 15 OPEC vessel

16 Usual weather 17 Airport code

for O’Hare

18 Brew tea 19 Aluminum company 20 Evening gala

22 Most sacred 24 Osprey relatives 25 Jolted

27 Slumps

28 Planets’ companions 29 Tax experts 33 Investigates 35 Champagne glass 36 Salad ingredients 39 Sure! (2 wds.) 40 DEA agents 41 Emulates 44 Impudent

45 Travel choice 46 March 15, in Rome 50 Natural 52 Competition 53 The soul of wit 56 Pompeii art

57 007’s watch

58 Golfer Lorena — 61 Wham!

62 Church part

63 Verb preceders 64 Iron source

65 Puts down the dragon 66 Nobel or Garbo 67 Koppel or Knight

DOWN

1 Tickles

2 Dawn goddess

3 — one’s time

4 Rx amounts 5 Formal observance 6 Frothy brew

7 Born as 8 Foundlings 9 Weighing machine 10 Comprehensive (hyph.)

11 Kind of pudding 12 Writer — Oz 13 Warmth 21 Singly in the order mentioned 23 Authorizes

25 Show distress 26 Garden tool

28 Nov. and Feb.

30 Place for a pint 31 Wolfed down 32 Solidified

34 Med. personnel 35 Opposing force 36 Greenspan stat 37 “The Facts of Life” star 38 Use poor judgment 39 Feminine principle 41 Coloring sticks 42 Feedbag tidbit 43 Apple goody

45 Cable channel 47 Tyrant

48 Audience’s cry 49 Warehoused

51 Turns down

52 Delete a file

53 Bikini tops

54 Stir up

55 Designer

— Schiaparelli 56 Cherished 59 Intimidate 60 Gradation of color