CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ring of light above a saint 5 __-soap; sway with flattery

9 Thespian

14 __ up; speak candidly

15 Tiny skin opening

16 Use a razor

17 Slapped with a fine, e.g. 19 Roofing pieces

20 Ames & Asner

21 Individuals

22 Fully clothed

23 Big snake

24 Listen to

26 Frighten by creeping up on

30 Guest

35 Marie or Pierre

36 Enemies

38 Hawaiian island

39 Turn over a new leaf

40 Swim __; diver’s flipper 41 Twirls

42 Yearn

43 Waist strap

44 Knight’s spear

45 Extreme; dire

47 Ghost 49 Word of disgust

51 Permit

52 Ancient counting device 56 Applaud

58 Statute

61 Long stories 62 Bootlegger’s product 64 Skillful

65 Sad

66 __ up; misbehaves 67 Homes in trees

68 __ up; tallies

69 Quiz

DOWN

1 Actress Lange 2 Ridiculed

3 Camera’s eye

4 “Cat __ Hot Tin Roof” 5 Of the backbone

6 Leak out

7 Sassy

8 Cruz or Koppel

9 Fall flowers

10 Stylish

11 “A __ of Two Cities” 12 Kiln

13 Take a nap

18 Plundered 22 Speaker’s platform

23 __ up the rear; comes last 25 Goings-on

26 Burn with liquid 27 Abnormal mass

28 Sports building

29 In __; virtually

31 Have an influence on 32 Contaminate

33 Small weight

34 Early __; one up at sunrise

37 Vinegar & __; salad dressing

41 Snoozes

43 Unfair slant

46 Has confidence in

48 747s & gliders

50 Berate

52 Straight __ arrow 53 Commanded

54 Eras

55 Ahab or Nemo: abbr. 57 Deafening

58 Scalp problem

59 Crawling bugs

60 Vane direction

62 Advanced deg.

63 Head topper