Crossword

ACROSS

1 Dotty

5 Applied henna 9 Cookie or candy 14 Very light brown

color

15 Jungle warning 16 Jazzman —

Blake

17 Vivacity

18 Slimy vegetable 19 Ring-shaped

island 20 Commonplace 22 Weightlifter’s

apparatus 24 Cattails 26 Princess Di’s

niece

27 Gets the news 29 Joker (2 wds.) 34 Coke rival 35 Disappear

gradually 36 “Fish Magic”

artist

37 Badges 38 Knickknack

stand 41 Card-game cry 42 Psyche

components 44 Manipulates

fraudulently 45 Ghostly noises 47 Florida tribe 49 Licentious

fellows

50 New Year in

Hanoi 51 Wardens’ fear 53 Sketchiest 57 Calorie counters 61 Greek epic 62 Not fake 64 Livy’s “it was” 65 A la — 66 Aspirin target 67 Moreno or

Rudner 68 Wrapped up 69 Prevailing

emotional tone 70 Picket-line

crosser

DOWN

1 Consider 2 Freedom org. 3 Kukla’s friend 4 Frozen plains 5 Hums

6 Linked

7 Maize unit 8 Lackluster 9 Equipped 10 Crocodile

Dundee locale 11 Woodwind 12 Sour pickle 13 Shout 21 Condor’s abode 23 More skillful 25 Strut

27 Line of bushes 28 — Downs

(racetrack) 30 Fateful date 31 Pond scum 32 Bridle parts 33 Studies 34 Bakery items 35 Conk out 39 Fast gaits 40 Ham it up 43 Place 46 Expulsions 48 Lacked 49 Muddied the

waters

52 NW state

53 Bad habit 54 Politician —

Cranston 55 Encircle 56 Bloke’s streetcar 58 Ambler or

Clapton

59 Pro — (in

proportion) 60 Iffy attempt 63 “The Name of the Rose” author