TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Group of eight 6. Amazes

10. Q-Tip

14. “The Canterbury Tales” pilgrim

15. Elders’ teachings 16. Bucks

17. Hippy

19. “Pumping ___”

20. Type of seed used in cooking

21. Discharge letters? 22. Call for

23. Pluck

25. Boy

27. Different in kind 33. Crystal meth, in slang 35. “Let’s ___”

36. Thomas Jefferson, religiously

37. Deaden

39. Technical name for sweat

41. “Guilty,” e.g.

42. Appropriate

44. Bronx cheer

45. “To ___ is human ...” 46. Sympathetic

50. Conk out

51. Economical

52. Certain surgeon’s “patient”

55. Joke

58. Bear witness

62. Basil, e.g.

63. Excessive

65. Condo, e.g.

66. Arab League member 67. Gum

68. Functions

69. ___ of the above 70. Clairvoyants Down

1. “Carmina Burana” composer

2. Fleshy covering at top of parrot’s beak 3. Freshman, probably 4. Right, in a way 5. Abandon 6. “Aladdin” prince 7. Unfermented liquid from yeast for beer

8. “___ Brockovich” 9. Agree out of court 10. Shallow

11. Ending with hard or soft 12. ___ vera

13. Curve

18. Tool used for pinching or bending

24. Pig feeder

26. “Go on ...”

27. Macho guys (hyphenated)

28. Any Platters platter

29. Worldwide

30. Drunk, in slang 31. ___-friendly

32. Antares, for one

33. Acad.

34. Adorable

38. Debts that cannot be recovered

40. To skim again

43. “Fantasy Island” prop 47. Belt

48. Spuds

49. Meal

52. Criminal

53. Ashcroft’s predecessor 54. Ashtabula’s lake

56. BBs, e.g.

57. F.B.I. operative (hyphenated)

59. “___ on Down the Road” 60. Ado

61. Addition column

64. “___ moment”