TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Talks on and on

5 A vital sign 10 Loafer 14 Throw off heat 15 Solemn assents 16 Cut it out 17 Proficient 18 Mubarak predecessor 19 Bear, to Brutus 20 Sweethearts 22 Thrift shop transactions 24 Tell a fib 25 Kayak user 26 Marvelous 30 One kind of flight 34 “Exodus” name 35 Pilot’s sighting 36 Auburn tint 37 Wheel covers 40 Showing the way 42 Brainstorms 43 Blyth or Landers 44 Take a gander 45 Round starters 46 Indistinct speakers 49 Like some canoes 52 Conquistador’s quest 53 Salad garnish 56 Diviner 60 Briefcase closer 61 Steel rod 64 Common amphibian 65 Resound 66 Neutral tone

67 Bee colony 68 No-hitter king 69 Augmented 70 Verve

DOWN

1 OK 2 Lectern 3 Brick oven 4 Addison’s partner 5 Chose not to participate (2 wds.) 6 Ms. Thurman 7 Showed the way 8 Canine warning 9 Helena rival 10 Hunkered down 11 Cast 12 River into the Seine 13 LAX guesses 21 Female principle 23 Raw-fish delicacy 25 Turmoil 26 Sir, in India 27 Goody-goody 28 Malicious gossip

29 No —, ands or buts 31 Licorice flavoring 32 Hidden 33 Hits the ceiling 38 Ask a favor of (2 wds.) 39 Real estate 40 Large antelope 41 Not tied down 43 Poet — Lowell 47 “It’s freezing!” 48 Abhor 50 Main artery 51 Make bread 53 Sonny’s ex 54 Suggestive 55 Labor Dept. division 57 Wind into loops 58 Fluid rock 59 Paradise 62 Frost victim

63 It has long arms