TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 NBA officials 5 River in Russia 10 Wild country 14 Fashion magazine 15 Black cats, maybe 16 Fierce whale 17 Surrounded by 18 Durango dwellings 19 Enthralled 20 Well-liked

22 Small towers 24 Mil. rank

25 1960s style 26 Skyline feature 30 Adorns

34 News

35 Swerved

37 Child’s toy 38 Stone Age tool 39 Figure out

40 By way of

41 Seal an envelope 43 Comic-strip queen 45 Leaned over 46 Political alliance 48 Motors

50 Famous mummy 51 Silence

52 Geometric pattern 56 Sold

60 Apiece

61 Potential fast-tracker 63 Fictional governess 64 Brownish tint

65 — couture

66 Diva’s tune 67 Extending far down 68 Ran its course 69 Wanton look

DOWN

1 Cut grain 2 Ticklish red Muppet 3 Turn over, as a pancake 4 Enticed 5 Outspokenly

6 — Khayyam

7 Calais article

8 Tiny insect

9 Took for granted 10 Got on a plane 11 Coax

12 Glasgow citizen 13 “Macbeth” trio 21 Hack off

23 Stewart of rock 26 Marshy tract 27 Venom

28 Not hunched 29 Cowboy rival 30 Filmdom’s Jezebel 31 Witches’ band 32 “Dave” actor 33 Shutter parts 36 Itty-bitty

42 Burger go-with 43 Embassy staffer 44 Aroused a strong

feeling of displeasure 45 So what? (2 wds.) 47 Filbert, for example 49 Traipse

52 Provide for

53 Go fast

54 Meadow measurement 55 Bank offering 56 Seeger or Sampras 57 Old harp 58 Ontario neighbor 59 Letter starter 62 Stick-in-the- —