TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 Long jacket

6 Isn’t gentle with

10 Zest for life

14 Address the crowd 15 Large lot

16 Pate de — gras

17 Less exciting

18 Bronco “brake”

19 Give off vapors

20 Iron or sulfur 22 Brewed tea 24 Contented murmur 25 Like a wedding cake 26 Reveal

30 Election mo.

31 Norse god

32 Knot

35 “Who — was there?” 39 Fiesta shouts 40 Shape clay

41 Area of London 42 Chicken wire

43 Cancel

44 “Slither” actor 45 McMahon and Sullivan 47 Keeps safe 50 Husband-to-be 53 Iron source 54 Mythical beast 55 Do a script over 60 Asian nanny 61 Prayer-wheel turner 63 Alleviated

64 Old Norse poem 65 B — — boy

66 Itch

67 “— bien, monsieur!” 68 Cleaved

69 Irascible

DOWN

1 Schlep

2 River in Russia

3 Point the finger at 4 Particular

5 Boxed breakfast 6 Temple of Athena 7 Receive a high score 8 Sleeve part

9 Guard

10 Give off bubbles of gas 11 Jeweler’s lens 12 Readied the bow 13 — -to-know basis 21 Complain persistently 23 Want-ad letters 26 Ensure failure 27 Groundless

28 Strives to win 29 Draws a sword

33 Not common

34 Smell inhibitor 36 Type of shark 37 Silvery fish

38 Billions of years 40 Burly

46 Forensic science

tool

48 Sooner than

49 Least

50 Leg bone

51 Lacking sense 52 Computer command 54 Horse-drawn vehicle 56 Mortgage consideration 57 Wife of Osiris 58 Camper’s quarters 59 Uptight

62 Hr. fraction