TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Chinese nursemaids 6. Drag one’s feet

11. “___ alive!” (contraction) 14. Locale

15. Cliffside dwelling

16. Formerly known as 17. Difficult to manage 19. Appetite

20. Face-off

21. Serf

22. Bamboozles

23. “... ___ he drove out of sight”

25. Person who lives apart from society

27. Abstinence from alcohol or drugs

32. Live wire, so to speak 33. A pint, maybe

34. Sit on or hatch eggs 36. A great deal

39. Air freshener option 41. Morgue, for one

42. Bring up the rear

43. Aussie “bear”

44. Hint

46. Bean counter, for short 47. Marshes

49. Fight with bare fists 51. Earth and Venus, e.g. 54. Oolong, for one

55. Harp’s cousin

56. Browning’s Ben Ezra, e.g.

59. Barber’s job

63. Appear

64. Portable wireless device for calling (2 wds)

66. “The Matrix” hero 67. Amorphous creature 68. Breaks

69. “A rat!”

70. Quagmire

71. Sandwiches for dessert

Down

1. All fired up

2. List of dishes served at a meal

3. A chip, maybe

4. ___, wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion 5. Caribbean, e.g.

6. Fill

7. Blue hue

8. Ann ___, Mich.

9. Moved with lightness and buoyancy

10. “Malcolm X” director 11. Aggressive (3 wds) 12. Parenting challenges 13. Taste, e.g.

18. All alternative

22. Cloudless

24. Heart protector

26. Train of attendants 27. Kind of vaccine

28. Assortment

29. Composer/pianist who collected Hungarian folk music (2 wds) 30. Cause for a lawsuit 31. Complimentary close 35. “Agreed!”

37. Inclines

38. Bed board

40. “Home ___”

45. Adorable one

48. Gel-like matrix of chloroplasts

50. Dad

51. 747, e.g.

52. Secondary school in France

53. Cavalry weapon

57. Babies’ mealtime protective covers

58. Boring

60. Gift on “The Bachelor” 61. “What’s gotten ___ you?”

62. Bungle, with “up”

64. Mother, British informal 65. Ace