TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pool table cover 5 “The Eve of St. —” 10 Goner’s fate 14 Love, to Claudius 15 Slag 16 Quechua speaker 17 Riviera resort 18 The whole range (3 wds.) 20 Fairy tale brother 22 Blitzer’s channel 23 Pedro’s coins 24 Nuisances 26 “— Rosenkavalier” 27 Not as noisy 30 Family yacht? 34 Tough going 35 Octopus habitats 36 Can. neighbor 37 More than misled 38 Bitten 40 Latch onto 41 — — premium 42 Doggerel 43 Lake cabin, often 45 Speak up 47 Red-pepper sauce 48 Switch positions 49 An arm and a leg 50 Fiber- — cable 53 Pantyhose mishap 54 Hut 58 Sound thinking (2 wds.) 61 John, in Siberia 62 Grimace 63 “On call” device 64 Verne captain 65 Snakes do it 66 Astaire’s dancing sister 67 Waxed

DOWN

1 Phyllis Diller’s hubby 2 Bahrain VIP 3 Focal points 4 Shook 5 Pitches 6 Mom & Pop, maybe 7 Things 8 “NBA Friday” broadcaster 9 Mach 3 flier of yore 10 Truck stops 11 Unwelcome obligation 12 VIII, to Virgil 13 M, to Einstein 19 Pops the cork 21 Actress — Powers 25 Wrestling holds 26 Blueprint 27 Cheap heat 28 Banal 29 Hunches 30 Mammoth Cave loc. 31 Offends 32 Violinist — Stern 33 Picasso’s name

35 I am, to Caesar 39 A Kennedy 40 Gritting, as teeth

42 — de Leon 44 Dwindles 46 Self-assured 47 Tree trimmer 49 Pounce 50 Resistance units 51 Tigger’s pal 52 Sincere 53 Hit the books 55 Maintain 56 Showed up 57 Be informed 59 Hot tub 60 Sooner than anon