CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Noisy bird 5 Plays a role 9 Hearth residue 14 __ beans 15 Radar screen image 16 Faithful 17 Trip details 19 Isle of __; tourist resort near Naples 20 Flea collar wearer 21 City fellow on a ranch 22 Woods 23 Chain of printing stores 24 Quarrel 26 Lends a hand 30 Try 35 VP Agnew 36 Deadly vipers 38 As __ as a boil 39 Heart or liver 40 Charge 41 Chef’s accessory 42 Season that begins today 43 Scorch 44 “Good for you!” 45 Gobi & Negev 47 Overindulgent parent, perhaps 49 Dobbin’s dinner 51 __ race; daily grind 52 Holiday drink 56 Head covering 58 __ Miss 61 Hay bundles 62 Reckless risk- taker 64 __ out; say before thinking about 65 Lawn trees 66 Computer tech 67 Canary food 68 Cozy home 69 Wildebeests

DOWN 1 Cut coupons 2 Ceremony 3 Eliminate 4 Pale 5 Sudden 6 Clothed 7 Gets fatigued 8 Secret agent 9 “Little Women” author 10 Zoom skyward 11 Excessive publicity 12 All __; listening 13 Skirt edge cut 18 “The Wizard of Menlo Park” 22 Pianist Domino 23 Pittsburgh athlete 25 Pedigree proofs 26 __ as the hills 27 Spender’s fling 28 Indications 29 Least risky 31 __ de corps; camaraderie 32 Fable’s lesson 33 Show to be true 34 Singing voice 37 Baltic or Black 41 “All __!”; train conductor’s cry 43 Male animal 46 Perches 48 Parish leader 50 Layered rock 52 Recedes 53 Strong wind 54 Adhesive 55 Bookish fellow 57 Gives a gun to 58 Microwave, e.g. 59 In __ of; as a substitute for 60 BPOE folks 62 Relaxing room 63 Cake ingredient