TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Fabric dyeing method 6. Jiffs

10. Gigantic

14. Avoid

15. Fencing sword

16. Length x width, for a rectangle

17. Bridal path

18. Give shape to

19. In ___ of

20. Container

22. Actor’s goal

23. Chain letters?

24. High

26. Tough, durable wood 28. Cover, in a way

32. Messy dresser

34. Forward roll

38. Coaxes

39. Be bombastic

40. “I had no ___!”

41. Refraining from drinking alcohol

43. Granite-like rocks that form the earth’s crust 44. Long

45. “Four Quartets” poet 47. Disconnect

51. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo”

54. Blocks

57. Antiviral protein produced by cells

59. Profligate

60. Pinocchio, at times 61. Breezing through

62. Aardvark fare

63. ___ Minor

64. Unrefined

65. Makeup, e.g.

66. 1990 World Series champs

67. Abnormal tissue growth

Down

1. Santa Claus feature 2. Roswell crash victim, supposedly

3. Former capital of Alabama

4. Doing nothing

5. Fish large enough to be legally caught

6. Signalling system using flags

7. Age

8. Quartet member 9. Exodus commemoration 10. City in Chile and Indiana 11. “Mi chiamano Mimi,” e.g. 12. Merlin, e.g.

13. Drawn tight

21. Popular retirement destination

25. Driver’s lic. and others 27. Most difficult to understand

29. Large building for public performances 30. “Guilty,” e.g.

31. And others, for short 32. Go to and fro

33. Brain area

35. “Gee whiz!”

36. Sundries

37. Staggerer

42. Setting for TV’s “Newhart”

46. Actually (2 wds)

48. Having threads

49. Biscotti flavoring 50. Composed

52. Complex unit

53. A deadly sin

54. No angel

55. Bang-up (hyphenated) 56. Dead-end jobs

58. Almond