TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Roadie gear 5 Make a complete mess of 10 Shoved off 14 Machete’s kin 15 “USS Enterprise” communications officer 16 Bloodhound’s clue 17 Hoofbeat 18 Conclusive 19 Man-eating giant 20 Disposible cup material 22 Desolate 23 Gorilla 24 Grant foe 25 Upright pianos 29 Nods or winks 33 Xerox competitor 34 Dog in Oz 36 Shut with force 37 Paris street 38 Compare 39 — — roll (lucky) 40 Dog food brand 42 Big Dipper bear 43 More reasonable 45 Regular customers 47 Most enthusiastic 49 Groove on 50 Tan or Grant 51 Iris center 54 Victor Hugo’s bell-ringer 60 Before long 61 Billow 62 Popular cookie 63 Leaning tower town 64 Kind of pool 65 Unduly hasty 66 Eddie Murphy’s — Foley 67 San Antonio NBAERS 68 Part of BPOE

DOWN

1 Kindergarten lesson 2 Shed one’s coat 3 Maneuver 4 High voice 5 Smorgasbord 6 Cincinnati river 7 Canned fish 8 Hit the books 9 Falstaff’s prince 10 Warm clothing 11 Margin 12 Mrs. Charles 13 Long walk 21 Sign on a door 22 Implore 24 Pride member 25 Discard 26 Abdul or Zahn 27 Bungling 28 Wakes up 29 Red meat 30 Single-handed 31 Narrow streets 32 Chic 35 Authorizes 38 Breathing organ 41 Sort of number 43 Tractor-trailer 44 From now on 46 Heating fuel 48 Artists’ stands 51 Man of the house 52 Computer system 53 Act affectedly 54 Witty remark 55 Lahore language 56 Culture medium 57 Grad-school exam 58 Kind of job 59 Sighs of delight 61 Rds.