TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Cheerle ader’s

feat 6 Catty remark 9 Mins trels’

strings 14 Gladiat or’s

place 15 Rit e answer?

(2 wds.) 16 Dr op syllables 17 “— — Miss Molly” 19 T op story 20 Clas sified items 21 E arnest

request 22 L eaflet 23 Currier and — 25 A U you know 26 P ollen-bearer 29 W ine’s bouquet 31 U ses a credit card 32 OK 36 Spring or ebb 37 Giants star of yore 38 Cameo , maybe 40 D ashing 43 T anker mishaps 45 Hello , matey! 46 L arge

slipknots 47 B ooster rocket 50 Respond to a bore 51 Kapit an’s command (hyph.) 52 R ussian emperor 54 T ribute in

verse 57 It makes you blush 58 Diet er’s snack

(2 wds.) 61 Olympic sledder 62 I, to Fritz 63 — mignon 64 Pr ow

opposite 65 S anta Fe hrs. 66 Altiplano ruminant DOWN 1 L -o-n-g story 2 Jab at

3 Tolstoy et al. 4 S wing voter

(abbr.) 5 E armark 6 Mouthpuckering pickles 7 Gr oundless 8 “Nak ed Maja”

artist 9 T ype of jacket 10 E xtremist 11 A tlas, actually 12 Mandat e 13 Splint er group 18 Blooms 23 Str ong-arm 24 V ictory sign 25 R ecipe meas. 26 F ormer JFK

arrival 27 Small branch 28 Sla ve girl of opera 29 — Bumppo 30 D ecide on 33 Sirius follows him 34 OED units 35 She , in Cherbourg 37 Plas tic — Band 39 Slalom run 41 St orm cellar need 42 Got cha! 43 We b, e.g. 44 Bam! 47 Giv e or take 48 O vercharge 49 F ar from

indifferent 50 Basin occupant 51 S earch engine

finds 52 Ne aten a beard 53 Ur ges Fido on 54 Betw een Tex. and Kans. 55 Vi ew as 56 Is , in Avila 59 Calg ary Stampeders’ org. 60 F eel crummy