TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tropical fruits 7 Pinch, in a way 10 Queen beaters 14 Personify 15 Land in

“la mer” 16 Siamese, now 17 Business magnate 18 Coal measure 19 Fearsome cape 20 Happy-golucky 23 Broad valleys 26 Estuary 27 Doggerel 28 By Jove! 29 PC monitor 30 Still

31 Gym pad 32 Ski instructor 33 Like many dens 37 Unlatch, to a bard 38 Hoop site 39 Thunder Bay prov. 40 Lime cooler 41 Trios times two 43 Gives the go-ahead 44 Mont. neighbor 45 Wool source 46 Boombox platters 47 Cheshire Cat, finally 48 Pilot light 51 Earth’s star 52 Ocean’s motions 53 Was too hasty (3 wds.) 56 Kind of molding 57 Fair grade 58 She played Jessica 62 Civil War fighters 63 Cable — 64 Willing loser

65 Mild expletive 66 Eisenhower’s nickname 67 Drive-in feature

DOWN

1 NY baseballer 2 Golfer — Alcott 3 SNL network 4 Blew it 5 Aromas 6 New Year’s Eve word 7 Scatterbrain 8 Island farewell 9 Nota — 10 Runner or jumper 11 Cantata performers 12 Gains income 13 Scorch 21 Glitches 22 Big occasions 23 Showroom models 24 Dumbfounded 25 Water-based paint 29 Bucket of bolts 30 Jerks 32 Teeny-tiny 33 Curly-haired dog 34 Walter Scott character 35 Rabbitt or Murphy 36 Campus VIPs 42 Violent storm 46 Hold fast 47 Spice rack item 48 Viking’s inlet 49 German pistol 50 One-celled critter (var.) 51 Vegan’s taboo 52 Forum garb 54 Start of the 8th century 55 Rambles about 59 Paris season 60 Spike or Bruce — 61 Valiant’s son