TODAY’S CROSSWORD

CLUES ACROSS

1. Powder mineral

5. Ten million (in India)

10. Culture medium and a gelling agent

14. Cain and __

15. Bullfighting maneuvers

16. Baseball’s Ruth

17. Venice beach

18. Infirm due to old age

19. Attentiveness

20. Mortify

22. Whale (Norwegian)

23. Family Bufonidae

24. “A Passage to India” author 27. Ocean

30. Dad’s partner

31. Owned

32. Swiss river

35. Female golf star Gibson

37. Base

38. A way to summons

39. Acquit

40. Male parent

41. Brendan Francis __, author 42. Rattan

43. Aromatic hot beverage

44. Inflorescence

45. Former CIA

46. Make lace

47. Airborne (abbr.)

48. Thieving bird

49. H. Potter’s creator

52. Frequency

55. Nothing

56. More lucid

60. Riding mount

61. Deducted container weight 63. Molten rock

64. In this place

65. Ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

66. Rumanian Mures River city 67. Mentioned before

68. An heir (civil law)

69. Without (French) CLUES DOWN

1. W. Samoan monetary unit 2. Baby’s feeding apparel 3. Queen of Sparta 4. Shut

5. Certified public accountant 6. Payment for release

7. Red twig dogwood 8. Basked in

9. Midway between E and SE 10. A way to detest

11. Mother of Cronus

12. In bed

13. Bolsheviks

21. Farro wheat

23. CNN’s Turner

25. Farmers of America

26. Small amount

27. __ and Venzetti

28. Hers in Spanish

29. Belongs to sun god

32. Expressed pleasure 33. Small terrestrial lizard 34. Regenerate 36. Own (Scottish)

37. The cry made by sheep 38. Chest muscle (slang) 40. Explode

41. Notice

43. Pitch

44. Run due to the batter 46. Fight referee declares 47. Alternate forms of a gene 49. Shifted in sailing

50. One who cables

51. Elaborate celebrations 52. Expresses pleasure 53. Carbamide

54. Persian in Afghanistan 57. 1st capital of Japan 58. Welsh for John

59. Radioactivity units

61. Tanzanian shilling

62. Hyrax