Crossword

Across

1 Looped tau cross 5 Please greatly 10 Accord

14 Barn topper 15 Lady fox 16 Stravinsky or Sikorsky 17 Scent 18 Leaves unmentioned 19 Grey of Western novels 20 Crushing defeat 22 Escapades 23 Hebrew letter after shin 24 Trivial 27 Discolored with spots or streaks 31 Undress 35 Neck annoyance 36 Exude moisture 38 Yours and mine 39 Mare's morsel 40 Flat-topped hills 41 Stockholm carrier 42 Gouge

44 Fix as lipstick 45 Terra- — 47 Open and aboveboard 49 Diplomat's post 51 Marshal's band 53 Response to a rodent 54 Aussie minerals 57 Unmatched 62 Sanskrit dialect 63 Red meat 65 Asian mountains 66 Collar style 67 Binchy of best-sellers 68 1492 vessel 69 Motor sound 70 Auto-racing family 71 Hold as an opinion

Down

1 Declare frankly 2 Zip

3 Put on a tie 4 Dissenter 5 Develop slowly 6 Airport vehicle 7 Self-evident truth 8 New Year in Hanoi 9 Space widths 10 Peru conqueror 11 Biology gel

12 Hit on the head 13 Very, to Yvette 21 Flagrant

22 Part of UCLA 25 Form a thought 26 Pinches off 27 Tea cake 28 Peculiarity 29 Gee follower 30 Resides 32 Kicks out 33 Sitters' banes

34 Dreaded assignment 37 Paul Anka's “— Beso”

40 CEO degrees 43 “Kim” novelist 45 Driver with a handle

46 Raiders' home 48 IBM and GE 50 More timid 52 Fencers' blades 54 Sheik's cartel 55 Hurricane track 56 Matty or Felipe 58 Icicle site 59 Wiesel or Ducommun

60 Rational 61 Where Anna met a king

63 The Mustangs 64 Pantyhose shade