TODAY’S CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Vegas machine
5 Meat jelly
10 Perched
14 Pierre’s parent
15 Of the Arctic
16 Jet-setter’s need
17 Continuously
18 Frontier saloon
plus
19 Bede or Sandler
20 In a dejected
manner
22 Brushes off
24 Wall climbers
25 — City,
Oklahoma
26 Cooked in butter
29 Priests swing
them
33 Lets out, maybe
34 Cot
35 Ashen
36 Raise, as a sail
37 Romance
38 40 Public tiff
Small-business
magazine
41 Twist-off —
42 Command to the
cavalry
43 Casual chair
46 More unrefined
47 Reaction to
fireworks
48 Electrical bypass
49 Goofball
52 Most robust
56 State positively
57 Verdi’s “Otello,”
for example
59 Gather lawn
clippings
60 Moreno or
Rudner
61 Vogue
62 Baker’s need
63 Vanquish a
dragon
64 Reasoning ability
65 Witches’ brew
ingredient,
perhaps
DOWN
1 Exceeded the limit
2 Strauss of denim
fame
3 Assayers’ samples
4 House menace
5 Puts in for
6 Made dirty
7 Is on the team
8 Actor —
Somerhalder
9 Busy
10 Is of use
11 Covers
12 Ms. Dinesen
13 Highlands
headwear
21 Sidestep
23 Farm female
26 Raj title
27 Without help
28 City in New York
29 Corp. biggie
30 Washstand items
31 Cowboy’s beat
32 Vile smile
34 Strut along
37 Quipster
38 Shoe part
39 Heavy metal
(2 wds.)
41 Thick as thieves,
with “in”
42 Campaign
44 Fjord territory
45 Physique
46 Butter makers
48 Gloss
49 Hostilities
50 Fiendish
51 Wee bit
53 Icicle site
54 Slant
55 Dress type
58 Face or amble
lead-in