TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Period of time

6 Dips in liquid 10 Decides

14 Socrates’ hangout 15 Corker

16 Operator’s number 17 Court case 18 Nefertiti’s god 19 Environs

20 Mollusk (2 wds.) 22 Smell really bad 23 Cook in an oven 24 Reaction to a mouse 26 Nags

30 Where baby rides (2 wds.)

34 Books inspection 35 Octopi have eight 36 Bronze or Iron 37 Jockey’s brake 38 VIP wheels 40 Slippery — — eel 41 Conscious being 42 Do housework 43 Thin pancake 44 Most promising 46 Circular 48 After expenses 49 Yellow jacket 50 Slumps

53 Affirmed again 59 Entice

60 Bluesman — Redding 61 Turnpike 62 Dickerson of the NFL 63 A law — itself

64 Body joint

65 Have a yen for

66 Get smart with 67 Koontz and Martin

DOWN

1 School subject 2 Monster

3 Roulette color 4 Cable car

5 Fish buy

6 Informal attire 7 Shocking

8 Earnest request 9 Light rays 10 Arkansas mountains 11 Paris papa

12 Bird abode

13 Steep 21 — kwon do 25 Sounds of hesitation 26 Cook’s gadget 27 “Hasta —!” 28 Farewell

29 Martini base

30 — -Magnon man 31 Three-legged frame 32 Dumbfounded 33 Doctrine

35 Oz. or tsp. 38 Glowing

39 Hobby ender 40 Pound sound 42 “Gidget” actress 43 Gamboled

45 Bug

46 Rodeo gear 47 Winding curve 49 Sticks around 50 Knocked off 51 Distinctive air 52 Mischievous look 54 Sight from Messina 55 Audition hope 56 Helicon

57 Bond’s alma mater 58 Morning moistures