TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lauder rival

5 Tavern brews

9 Is on the team

14 Dull pain

15 Big jerk

16 Variety show

17 Flake off, as paint 18 Neutral color 19 Work by Rousseau 20 Marsh birds 22 Cloth-bound book 24 Encroachments 26 Well, in Grenoble 27 Charleston’s st. 28 Discussing casually 32 Gone to bed 35 Besides

36 Decent grade

37 Dull sound

38 Wire measure 39 Military post 40 Actor — Kilmer 41 Warbled 43 Kampala’s land 45 Window-washing aid 47 None at all

48 Hoax 49 Rifle through 53 Battery part

57 Stone marker 58 Strong silent type? 59 “Candy is dandy” poet 61 Caller’s code 62 Flashlight carrier 63 Part of a list

64 Edict

65 Puts on exhibit 66 Stoic philosopher 67 Marshes

DOWN

1 Blue Grotto isle 2 Body of water

3 His and hers

4 Got dingy

5 Mr. Vigoda 6 Lomond and Ness 7 Mr. Cornell

8 Piece of tart candy 9 Come before 10 Tart

11 Tel—

12 Winter festival 13 Tarot reader 21 Squirrel away 23 Tumults 25 Drop bait on water 28 Light brown 29 Holy image 30 Inelegant one 31 — — grip! 32 Off-road get abouts 33 Hoops nickname 34 Corker 38 Memory trigger 39 Shakespeare’s fat jovial knight 41 Zones 42 Thickening agent 43 Acapulco article 44 Processes cotton 46 Forgo 49 Put back to zero 50 Cliffside abode 51 Make spotless 52 Romantic poet 53 Down Under birds 54 Fasten securely 55 Nymph who pined away 56 Computer fodder 60 Medical care gp.