TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vote

5 “Nutcracker” costume 9 Pawns

14 Fridge stick 15 Baroness Karen 16 Protein-building acid 17 Director — Kazan 18 Garage job

19 Not even once 20 Lustrous material

22 Damper

24 Potato skin

25 In actual fact

26 On the train

29 County festivals 31 Russian pancakes 32 Edible root

33 Diner order 36 Cinnamon goody 37 Revising

40 Not just my

41 Noah’s vessel 42 Fringe —

43 John, Paul, George and — 45 Diminished 47 Made one’s way 48 Empty out 51 Feudal estate 52 Informants 54 Regards highly 58 Crowd 59 Formality 61 Stretch across 62 Winding curves 63 Donkey pin-on 64 Garr of “Tootsie” 65 Bulrushes 66 Griffith or Devine 67 Splinter group

DOWN

1 Limerick writer 2 Earthen pot 3 Explorer — Erikson 4 Oven utensil (2 wds.) 5 Sloped

6 Customary

7 Check

8 Hawaiian guitars 9 Closet item 10 Popular watches 11 Polite 12 Use a prayer rug 13 Regretful

21 Strange

23 Winter constellation 26 Mr. Eban

27 Make less distinct 28 Piglet plea 29 Predetermined 30 Met highlight 32 Become fatigued 33 Become buddies 34 Racing sled 35 Stepped on 38 Wolfgang’s thanks 39 Say hi

44 Overruns 45 Prevented, with off 46 Get to

47 Discreetly

48 Show to seats 49 Rope end, maybe 50 Handbag 51 Malodorous 53 Tijuana Ms. 55 Fencer’s blade 56 Cleopatra’s wooer 57 Tizzy

60 Auric’s creator