TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 — gotta be kidding! 6 Kevin in “Dave” 11 Vaccine amts. 14 Ready to fight

15 Of the fleet

16 Mont Blanc or

Jungfrau

17 Was gloomy 18 Nebraska hub 19 Fair grade

20 Corn Belt dweller 22 Humbug! 24 Prepares toast 28 Late bloomers 29 Disquiet

30 Hen

32 Natural elevs. 33 Kind of hole 35 Eventful

periods

39 Oh, nonsense! 40 Loophole

41 Part of a pump 42 Hunt for 43 Biscotto flavor 45 Heroic tale 46 Sidles past 48 Tarzan’s moniker 50 Nerdy cap

53 Flattens

54 Sudden

55 “Is it a bird? Is it a —?” 57 Down for the count 58 Monica of tennis 60 Eucalyptus muncher 65 Actor — Wallach 66 Levels off

67 Dainty, perhaps 68 Perm follow-up 69 Charter

70 Bowler

DOWN

1 Orange root 2 Pizarro’s quest 3 Foul-ball caller 4 Two-finger sign 5 Whirlpools 6 Feels certain 7 Buddhist monk 8 Dreaded czar 9 Nope

10 Pass by

11 Secret store 12 Unmistakable 13 Produces lava 21 Sandwich cookie 23 Underscores

24 Jars

25 Free

26 Uptight 27 Uzbekistan capital 28 Yes, to Angus 30 Bacteriologist

— Pasteur

31 Hill builders 34 District 36 Gallivants

37 Kelp

38 Penn and Connery 43 Sharpen a cheddar 44 Bring home

the bacon 47 Heavy-duty engine 49 Snuck a look 50 Swelters

51 Quebec school 52 Check for fraud 53 Not chic 55 Defendant’s answer 56 Spyglass part 59 Twilight, to a poet 61 Corrida cry 62 Windhoek’s cont. 63 Ad — (wing it)

64 No matter which