CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Is sporting

6 Bobby who lost to Billie Jean King in tennis’ “Battle of the Sexes”

11 Place to unwind 14 Grenoble’s river

15 Sign up, in Sussex 16 Reliever’s asset 17 “ABC” group, with “The”

19 USN clerk

20 Hot state

21 Heat unit

22 Ruhr Valley city

24 Art class subject 26 Part-plant DC Comics superhero

28 Compulsive thief, for short

30 Thoughts spoken onstage

31 Prefix with comic 32 “Not for me”

35 Left on a liner 36 Pioneer’s wagon with an upward-curved floor 39 Popular side

42 Sore

43 Makeshift knives 47 More minute 49 Without a musical key

50 Weight loss guru 54 New Haven Ivy 55 Stream of insults, say 56 “It’s __ to you” 58 Given a meal 59 Printemps month 60 Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint to the puzzle’s circles

63 Outer: Prefix

64 Slices in a pie, often 65 Gold unit

66 Blue shade 67 Designer fragrance 68 Prepared for a TV interview

Down

1 Mischief

2 Ordinarily

3 Any of 11 1860s states 4 Sitcom planet 5 Outdoor home

6 Agree to more issues 7 Start to structure

8 Big name in fairy tales 9 Federal URL ending 10 Makes things slippery, in a way

11 Closes the marital deal 12 Peacock, e.g. 13 Surrounded by 18 Extremely

23 Shout from the main mast 25 Momentous victories 27 Part of UTEP 29 Excessively

32 Bench press target, for short

33 Bat wood

34 Metaphor for a mess 37 “Breaking Bad” agent 38 Prime meridian std. 39 Place near the Pennsylvania Railroad

40 Relax

41 Retirement income source

44 Down

45 Chemical bonding number

46 Tobogganed 48 Ophthalmologist, for short

49 Lago filler

51 Wound up costing 52 Highway through Whitehorse

53 __-France

57 Senior’s highlight 61 Comic strip cry

62 Non opposite