TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Makes up time

6 Ocean crosser

11 Average

14 Pound division

15 Flee to wed

16 Gypsy Rose -

17 Fiery felony

18 Lay waste

20 Drop bait on water

21 Droops

23 Armor defect

24 Crumble away

26 Big lizards

28 Brings on

30 Nail cousin

31 Just made it (2 wds.)

32 Wing tips

33 Regal emblem

36 Horace’s poetry

37 -- -bopper

38 Bogus butter

39 Whodunit herring

40 Playthings

41 Feeling remorse

42 Whale’s diet

43 Starts a tennis game

44 Repairs a boot

47 Trumpedup

48 Says decidedly

49 Columnist -- Bombeck

50 S&P rival

53 Equitable opportunity (2 wds.)

56 Aussie metropolis 58 Six-pointers

59 Palette color

60 List of candidates

61 Collection

62 Oater extras

63 Push and shove

DOWN

1 Spur on

2 Ambiance

3 Eyed

4 Pvt.’s superior

5 Of eyes and ears

6 Narrow shelf

7 Cousteau’s islands

8 Election mo.

9 Pollution control org.

10 Gets to safety

11 No-frills

12 State Farm rival

13 Smells terrible 19 Defrost

22 Circulars

25 Massages

26 Screen symbols

27 Dingy (var.)

28 Russian epic hero

29 Knot-like mass

30 Turtle’s home

32 Hawks

33 Uniform color (2 wds.) 34 Glassmaker -- Lalique

35 Marshlands

37 Labor 38 Mine and thine

40 Go formal (2 wds.)

41 Backslide

42 Mr. Graham of chefdom

43 Actor -Shepard

44 Life boats 45 Duck out from under

46 Holdup

47 Pierre’s brother

49 Really skimps

51 Sarge’s pooch

52 Relieved sigh

54 Insurance gp.

55 Sit-up targets

57 Architect’s wing