TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Rather

6 Kid or rib

11 Recent (pref.)

14 Scout unit

15 Common phrase 16 Bow shape

17 Swerves

18 Familiar deer

19 Morse syllable

20 Bit of gossip

22 Ear pollution? 24 Pimpernel color 28 Less confusing 30 Magnate

31 Sipped

32 Hamburger extra 33 Wooing

37 Roulette bet 38 Summoned by beeper 39 “Pulp Fiction” name 40 Unmask

43 Favors one side 45 Outlandish

46 Cliffside abodes 47 Exact

50 Foot lever 51 Hazardous gas 52 Nonrust coating 53 Assn.

54 Peer Gynt creator 57 Attractive guys 62 Peace gesture 63 Vikings 64 Duelers’ weapons 65 Hosp. areas 66 Walk and trot 67 Perfume

DOWN

1 Liquid meas. 2 Website 3 Promise to pay 4 Single digit

5 Frat letter

6 Yak’s home 7 Imported cheese 8 Intend

9 Kind of story 10 Well-known 11 Rock bottom 12 Wipe out a floppy 13 Yellow pigment 21 Bo Derek movie 23 Shade trees 24 Bore 25 Lauper of

“True Colors” 26 They turn litmus red 27 Pooh’s pal

28 Vinegar bottle 29 Animal fat

31 Calf, to a cowboy 33 Tight-knit team 34 Soggy

35 Drive forward

36 Not chic 38 Household members 41 Designer Chanel 42 Making a mess of 43 Spongers 44 Nest-egg letters 46 Son of Prince Valiant 47 Establish as fact 48 Harder to find 49 Perimeters

50 Sharp points 52 Hearty enjoyment 55 Python or wrap 56 Herr in Madras 58 Merchandise ID 59 Once called

60 Tenn. neighbor 61 Droop-nosed flier