Crossword

ACROSS

1 WC 4 Cardiff-born 9 Many Dickens kids 14 Action film gun 15 Kauai greeting 16 Northern home

17 Pap

19 Like hardened mud on boots 20 Asks too many questions 21 Central points 23 Mountain legend

24 Pep 30 Getting-started instruction 32 1976 Dylan song about his first wife

33 Like FM radio, typically

36 Old lab heaters 37 Playa __ Rey: L.A. community 38 Pip

41 Biol. or chem. 42 Places to find stacks 44 Some DVD bonus tracks 46 Little dipper? 47 Lovey-dovey 49 Pop 51 Sounds of activity

55 __ beer 56 Legendary moralist 57 Angiogram image

60 Pup 64 Counterintelligence targets

65 The life of Paris? 66 Tre meno due 67 Disconcerting gaze 68 Stingray kin 69 Salary

DOWN

1 Like poorly made Cream of Wheat 2 Clear blue 3 Stay and catch up 4 Techniques 5 “The Hobbit” being

6 WC 7 “Homeland” channel, for short 8 Enjoyed themselves 9 Contemporary pagan religion 10 In contact with 11 Kind

12 A Capulet, to a Montague 13 Cover for a bald spot?

18 Art theft, e.g. 22 Unlatch, poetically 24 “Deadwood” actress Jewell 25 Fencing sword 26 “Should I have waited?” 27 Lenox china brand

28 Word with period or note 29 It might be a mirage 31 Koppel and others

33 By the seat of one’s pants, e.g. 34 Indira Gandhi’s father 35 Plumlike fruits 36 Classic accusation 39 Be catty? 40 Missouri River native 43 Laser device 45 Clambake leftovers 47 Ottoman honorific

48 Ice dancing Olympic gold medalist Davis and Oscar winner Streep 50 Pull the plug on 52 Run through 53 2016 Disney film set in the South Seas 54 Spread apart 56 Tommie of ’60s-’70s baseball 57 Hee-hawing animal 58 Choose 59 Narrow inlet 61 Barrel wood 62 The Cavaliers of the ACC

63 It may be picked