TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Au ___

5. Tender spots

10. Clearasil target

14. “Cast Away” setting 15. Village

16. Fizzles out

17. Journey

19. Above

20. Less taxing

21. One wife at a time 23. Come together

25. Honoree’s spot

26. Have second thoughts 29. ___ de deux

32. Bore

35. Brews

36. Big end

38. “___ we having fun yet?” 39. Band booking

40. Women’s loose gowns

41. Bug

42. “The Three Faces of ___”

43. Frothy

44. 100 centavos

45. Brief brawl

47. Alkaline liquid

48. Assail

49. Song and dance, e.g. 51. “Fudge!”

53. Sensible

57. Bon mot

61. Cuckoos

62. Unorthodox or radical 64. Barfly’s binge

65. Musical show

66. Wizard

67. “Green Gables” girl 68. Swiss capital

69. Checked out Down 1. Snowman prop 2. ___ Minor

3. Misfortunes

4. System of rule

5. Mixes up

6. Electrical unit

7. Be itinerant

8. “Cogito ___ sum” 9. Devote, as time

10. Slowly, to a conductor 11. A city like Rome and the Vatican

12. Advertising sign

13. Catch a glimpse of 18. Back

22. “Bellefleur” author 24. A helix

26. Earnings

27. Breathing

28. Plant life

30. Anxious

31. Put (away) 33. Clear, as a disk

34. Cache

36. “A pox on you!”

37. Pewter containing 80% tin

40. Former capital of Japan 44. Pseudonym used by authors

46. Sad; sorrowful

48. Two-masted vessel 50. Eat or drink rapidly 52. Montezuma, e.g.

53. Pro ___

54. Soon, to a bard

55. Affirm

56. ___ lamp

58. Civil War side, with “the” 59. Halftime lead, e.g. 60. Cattail, e.g.

63. Mother Teresa, for one