TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flock together 6 “Make” or “break” 10 Sword part 14 Split 15 Pitcher 16 Marvin Lee — (Meat Loaf) 17 Capri and Wight 18 Ms. Morrison 19 Blow on the head 20 Athens rival 22 Russell or Olin 23 Swiss painter Paul — 24 Name in jeans 26 Departure 28 Harpooned 31 South, in Mexico 32 Gives a leg up 33 Utterly confused (3 wds.) 39 “Exodus” name 40 Mountain range 41 Deep water 42 Faultfinding 45 Written in the stars 47 Son — — gun 48 Columns 50 Shark tagalong 53 Mop the deck 54 VHS predecessor 55 — now or never! 57 Garland 61 Grades 1-12 62 We, in Le Havre 64 Kermit’s colleague 65 Debt securer 66 The avenging Mrs. Peel 67 Serviceable 68 Piece of land 69 Kitchen meas. 70 Blanched

DOWN

1 The nearer one 2 Say hoarsely 3 Earthen jar 4 Partly cover 5 Bothers 6 Herriot, for one 7 Furry “Star Wars” being 8 “Walk Away —” 9 Harvests (2 wds.) 10 PC adepts 11 Superstars 12 Byways 13 Little kid 21 St. 25 Wyoming neighbor 27 Wheel track 28 Hoops nickname 29 Llama country 30 Ducommun or Wiesel 34 Sweater letter 35 Thin clouds 36 This, in Spain 37 Not e’en once 38 Many parents 40 Band instrument 43 Kind of lettuce 44 Strange sighting 45 Sudden outburst of anger (hyph.) 46 Banff’s locale 49 Labor org. 50 Antique 51 Knockout gas 52 Cyclotron targets 54 Bartok or Lugosi 56 Cesspool 58 Dye-yielding plant 59 Roofing piece 60 Listen 63 Stockholm carrier