CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Maximum

5 Middle __; historical period

9 Scour

14 Poker bet

15 Despicable

16 Neither here nor __; irrelevant

17 Tiny amount

19 Stove

20 That woman

21 Walk in ankle-deep water 22 Male goose

23 Strike

24 __ a soul; no one

26 __ to; against

30 Argument

35 Watchful

36 Lie next to

38 Stanford or Yale: abbr. 39 Adolescents

40 Mr. Brynner

41 Steeple

42 __ a heart; be compassionate

43 Letter style

44 Metric unit of capacity 45 Cowboy hat

47 Least fresh 49 Foot digits

51 Gore & his dad

52 Legume used in soup 56 Vagrant

58 Cry of discovery 61 __ squash; winter veggie 62 Motown sound

64 __ off; disregard

65 Make level

66 Go separate ways 67 Comfortable

68 Job opening

69 Mocks

DOWN

1 Alda sitcom

2 __ more; again

3 Recipe verb

4 Four and six

5 Fly a plane

6 Overlay with a thin gold coat

7 Actress Burstyn

8 Body of water

9 Wanders off

10 Charlie __; movie detective

11 Tear apart

12 Encourage

13 Stein beverage 18 Turns

22 “True __”; John Wayne movie

23 Stinging insect 25 Grown-ups

26 Sworn statements 27 Skirt fold

28 Irritate

29 Very beginning 31 Students

32 Bring together 33 Michelin products 34 Chris of tennis

37 Hot dog holder

41 Zigzag skiing 43 Simpleton

46 Like a tightwad

48 Pill form

50 Sandbank

52 Whip

53 Reverberate

54 Accepted standard 55 Undeniable

57 Greek liqueur

58 Letters asking for urgency

59 Take on employees 60 Performs

62 Yrbk. section

63 __ tree; cornered