TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Place-setting item 7 Chatty alien of TV 10 Pier

14 May or Stritch

15 — — few rounds 16 John, in Russia 17 Against

18 Means of hearing 19 Freight hauler 20 Understand incorrectly 23 Portfolio item 26 Extreme degree 27 Traffic stoppers 28 Soak up ink

29 NFL scores

30 Co. honchos

31 Kind of storm, in sci-fi 32 “Bali —”

33 Placed a bet

37 Mutt

38 Cry of discovery 39 Lemon drink

40 Single

41 Greek “e”

43 Football player protection

44 Gab

45 Sault — Marie 46 Carrey or Henson 47 Hotfoot it 48 Furniture wood 51 Egyptian boy-king 52 Liquefies 53 Discordant

56 Nile sun god 57 Comanche kin 58 Dirty

62 Baby-sit

63 — and Perrins (steak sauce) 64 Walk or talk aimlessly 65 Low-fat desserts 66 Cassowary kin 67 Goes to the polls

DOWN

1 Carson City loc. 2 Pub order 3 Golfer’s benchmark 4 Fate

5 Mukluk wearer 6 Loch — monster 7 House sellers 8 Reluctant 9 Hack’s customer 10 Argue 11 Conspicuous

12 Tiny part

13 Does socks 21 Bangalore resident 22 Worn and torn 23 Tolerate

24 Sailing vessel 25 Tunes

29 Nevada lake

30 Lady’s honorific 32 Summer top

33 Elk

34 Shade of blue 35 Legislate

36 Fakes out,

on the rink

42 Global specks 46 Alaska’s capital

47 Job hunter’s need 48 Marlins’ city

49 Silly trick

50 Call

51 Alaskan pole 52 Fresco

54 Plow puller 55 Monster in a fairy tale 59 U.K. broadcaster 60 Three-letter sandwich 61 Pro vote