TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Oktober ending 5 Mince

9 Intelligent

14 Radius companion 15 Town east of Wichita 16 Excessive

17 Flood, probably 19 Comic-strip queen 20 Homer-hitter Mel 21 Bede of fiction 22 Push down 23 Used-car deals 25 Makes public 26 Dues payer, for short 27 Likes (2 wds.) 30 Facilitates 33 Truffle’s cousin 34 Bowler

36 MD employers 37 Privilege 38 Ibsen woman 39 Sun, in Acapulco 40 Assumed as fact 41 Cloud follower 42 Partied hearty 44 Diner lunch 45 WWW addresses 46 Spare time

50 Mild and pleasant 52 Tentative project 53 Early evening 54 Russian boatman’s river

55 Be attracted toward

57 Flu strain 58 Several

59 Culture medium 60 Suspicious

61 On the horizon 62 Quip

DOWN

1 Turmoil

2 Bring cheer

3 Nasty moods 4 Camel’s-hair color 5 Tiara

6 Whits 7 Kadiddlehopper

8 It may be bent or lent

9 Spat

10 Hedger’s word

11 “Et tu” time 12 Prunes back 13 Mauna — 18 Corduroy ribs 22 Skinflint

24 City in Iowa

25 Burr or Copland 27 — down (got quiet)