CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 31, 41, 61, 151, etc.

7 Tiny amount 10 Western boot jangler 14 Voiced speech sound

15 Race in the downhill 16 Villainess from “Superman II” 17 Govt. group, often 18 Pyromaniac 20 Butler who inquires, “You rang?” 21 Pledge of faithfulness 22 Simon & Garfunkel’s Robinson 23 Marsh gas, essentially 25 Unworldly 27 Lay down the weapons 29 Paid, as the bill 32 Home office site, often 35 Begin a round of golf

37 Bean Peruvians are partial to? 38 Everything’s made of these 40 What to call your commander 41 Take exception 42 Empty truck’s weight 43 Pizza meat, often

45 Siam ending 46 Nearly 48 Muffler

50 Up to snuff with stuff 52 Eternally young

56 Have some sort of infection 58 Emasculates a horse

60 Ajax rival 61 Mimic 63 Made an real effort 64 Punch-drunk state

65 Big chip from Intel

66 Click beetle 67 Service conclusion

68 Edge some pants 69 Rubber cement compound

DOWN

1 The 23rd is a popular one 2 Elephant gone amok

3 Not showing much life 4 Fu ___ moustache 5 Charms 6 Wilbur’s home, in “Charlotte’s Web”

7 19th century Russian leader 8 Big Ohio city 9 Rod attached to a spinning wheel

10 Star near Mercury 11 From 8 to 11, TV-wise 12 Where Stalin once ruled 13 Pied Piper followers 19 Kentucky’s neighbour 21 Oscar winner Wright of “Mrs. Miniver” 24 “Fat chance, laddie!”

26 Lemming’s cousin 28 Works like a dog 30 World’s second tallest birds 31 Have the chutzpah 32 Stats. Can. gathers it 33 Other contributing authors abbr. 34 Do away with the extremism 36 Noisy set-to 39 Tabby’s cry 41 As the crow flies 43 Leap of faith 44 Waiting room read, briefly 47 Quite a heroic story

49 Like Hawaiian shirts

51 Run off and get hitched

53 Act like a ham 54 Water polo complement 55 About a quarter cord of wood 56 Popular Verdi composition 57 Mosque leader 59 Tabor, e.g. 62 2nd lowest bank note

63 It sells, reportedly