CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Strove for an Emmy, perhaps 6 Nasty stinger 10 Sign of disuse 14 Prickly, highland plant

15 One of the singing McGarrigles 16 Years ago 17 Crude donnybrook? 19 East coast food fish

20 Words from the sponsors

21 Pen pals, perhaps

23 The cargo, in “Alien”

24 Red hair or freckles 26 Antipasto tidbit 28 “Dallas” premise, maybe? 33 Masterful 34 Recuperation facility 35 Adequate

36 Paul McCartney’s late wife 38 Mediaeval Irish 42 Marks with a branding iron 44 Ten million rupees 45 Comment when the drill hits an aquifer, perhaps? 49 Taekwondo’s origin

50 17th century English diarist 51 Capture 52 Hagfish relative 56 Sixth of a fl. oz. 59 Greek H’s

61 TV show about a slick lawyer? 63 Mardi Gras follower 64 Euro-Asian border river 65 Raptor’s digs 66 Three in a casino 67 Singer Orlando 68 Edison’s Croatian rival DOWN 1 Big European film co., once 2 Vacuum connection

3 Old railroad bridges 4 Japan or Taiwan suffix 5 Unwilling to toe the line 6 Friendliness 7 Smallish bovine from Sulawesi 8 Hissy fit 9 Ashen

10 Very early PC platform 11 Straighten out the hose

12 Result of a vitamin C shortage 13 Conical abode on the prairies 18 Hurry: step ___ 22 Aldous Huxley’s hallucinogen 25 Witty comeback 27 Freedom 28 W. hemisphere treaty org. 29 Altar promise 30 Evil genius Blofeld of James Bond novels 31 Disobeyed a zoo sign? 32 “Finally!” 36 Opera singer’s exercise syllable 37 Levin who wrote “Rosemary’s Baby” 39 Alarm cocks? 40 Ramakrishna’s honorific 41 Sushi delicacy 43 “etc.” alternate, at times 44 Imitator

45 Stiff straw hat 46 Debonair

47 In a nimble manner 48 Indian tree used medicinally 49 Prepared to propose 53 Juillet follower 54 Muralist

Joan ___ 55 Think ahead 57 Barque necessity 58 Earnest appeal

60 Place that some grunts might come from 62 Common pollinator