Crossword

Across

1 Writer whose wife said he’s a “genius, but what a dirty mind he has” 6 Act the grandparent, perhaps 10 Batman villain known as “Queen of the Cossacks” 14 Deep dislike 15 Something to mouse over 16 ACLU target 17 A number of stage items in a French play? 19 What you might be taken to 20 It’s twisted 21 With 5-Down, creator of 24,000+ miles of road before 1600 22 The West Wing speechwriter 23 A number of cocktails in Berlin? 28 Secure, as loosened shoelaces 31 Palazzo ___, architectural gem of the Renaissance 32 Typical after-work times, for short 33 Take big steps 36 Strauss’ ___ Heldenleben 37 A number of Freudians in Freiburg? 40 The Wildcats of the NCAA, for short 41 Less stuffy 42 Olympics host after Melbourne 43 Its capital is Maseru 45 Trig functions 46 A number of chemical rarities in Madrid? 50 IV measures 51 Shock, in a way 52 Tina who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 55 Epsilon follower 57 A number of grain-producing sites in Normandy? 60 Dumpster attribute, often 61 Org inspecting 64-Across 62 Who has won more Olympic medals than Michael Phelps 63 Willa Cather’s One of ___ 64 Inspection target of the 61-Across 65 E.C. ___, creator of Popeye

Down

1 “No way” man 2 ___ of Solomon 3 Athlete’s sudden loss of ability, informally 4 Percentage 5 See 21-Across 6 Italian ten 7 Philosopher with

a razor 8 Sole end? 9 Chekov, eg, on

Star Trek: Abbr 10 Secure 11 Voicer of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia 12 Bloviation 13 Part of DADT 18 Bruckner’s Symphony No 7 ___ major 22 Throat ailment, briefly 23 Provide the juicy bits 24 Lit 25 Range of notice 26 Insecure person’s query 27 Bad decision makers may have lost theirs 28 Consequence 29 Less bumpy 30 Part of the Dow 33 Big name in

chain saws 34 Difficult struggle 35 Portuguese king 38 Provides enough for 39 Flower whose name means “rainbow” 44 Star-filled night 45 Porter supporters? 47 Summit on Crete where Zeus was born 48 Irk 49 Agcy that funds major research 52 Whip 53 Ferber who wrote Giant 54 French/Belgian river 55 Bronx attraction 56 Common URL ending 57 Run smoothly 58 Operate 59 Job listing inits