TODAY’S CROSSWORD

1 Jungle slitherers 5 Comic- strip dog

9 Tart plum 13 Summit 14 Set down 15 Amorous archer 16 Wandered 18 Viewpoint 19 Tack 20 Zones 22 Rand of fiction

23 Be firm 25 “Bambino” of baseball 27 Bearings 30 Foot soldiers 34 Funny story 37 Running shoe name 39 Insurance center 40 Handwriting on the wall 41 Take potshots 43 Baroness Karen 44 Distance around

46 At the center of 47 Path 48 Homeless animals 50 Novel about Mars ( hyph.) 52 Table extender 54 Ribs or needles 58 Wield an ax 61 Boom- box issue 64 Movie double’s job 65 Queen of the Misty Isles 67 Bargain 69 Sponges up 70 Golden Fleece ship 71 Microwave 72 Prince William’s wife 73 — LaRue of early Westerns 74 Fiddling despot

DOWN

1 Familiar deer 2 Cruise setting 3 Accumulate 4 Mushy 5 Fiesta cheer 6 Fictional plantation 7 Level 8 More peculiar 9 Lie on the beach 10 Annika Sorenstam’s grp.

11 Like some hair 12 Blissful spot 15 Raoul or Fidel 17 Hubby of Lucy 21 Calendar abbr. 24 Decades 26 Degradation 28 Ms. Foch 29 Reads hastily 31 Shuttle dispatchers 32 More — meets the eye 33 Wine served warm 34 Works out 35 Not mention 36 “The King and I” actress 38 Grand in scale 42 Touch up 45 Scavengers 49 — Paulo 51 Celebration 53 Student’s worry 55 Charming 56 Stage direction 57 Shorthand pro

58 Bird of prey 59 Essayist’s pen name 60 Cried 62 Inoculants 63 Quiche base 66 Pigskin prop 68 Wow!