Crossword

ACROSS

1 Contended 5 Become tiresome 9 Frosted 13 Shawm

descendent 14 Mr. Wiesel 15 Boars and rams 17 Cookie sheets 18 Robins’ beaks 19 Talk excessively

and pointlessly 20 Heart of the

matter 22 Add honey 24 Jockey’s need 25 Coin-slot word 26 Intellectual 29 Gets bare on top 31 Ground grain 32 It ends with a

punch line 33 Sassy talk 36 Gigantic bird of

myth 37 Giant stele 40 Pindar forte 41 NNW opposite 42 Business letter

abbr. 43 Monastic head 45 Yard tools 47 Bright songster 48 Tune out 51 Hera’s son 52 Most refreshing 54 Daunt 58 Tiny shrimp 59 Tortoise rival 61 Attempt to

persuade 62 Oui and ja 63 Microbiology gel 64 “Beloved” writer

— Morrison 65 Dry and

withered 66 Given to

eavesdropping 67 Proofer’s word

DOWN

1 Cast a ballot 2 Sacred bird of

the Nile 3 Vast ages 4 Abandons 5 Sketching tool 6 Non-earthling 7 Ad — (wing it) 8 Fewer 9 Threaten 10 Gentle touch 11 Gladden 12 Impede 16 Dispatched 21 “Super!” 23 Cunning ways 26 Baseball VIPs 27 Love god 28 Amiable 29 Nut holders 30 Having very

similar qualities 32 Leap in a tutu 33 Wolf, to Pedro 34 Goddess’s

statue 35 Seeger or

Sampras 38 Pedestals 39 Silkwood of

“Silkwood” 44 Halves 45 Whoop 46 Familiar threat

(2 wds.) 47 Cantankerous 48 Yucky 49 Injures a

matador 50 Squawk 51 Psychics may

see them 53 Rather you —

me 55 Tree anchor 56 Windmill

blade 57 Escape hatch 60 In time past