Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Cool dude, in old

slang 7 Mo. fractions 10 Popcorn buys 14 Get some air 15 Contented murmur 16 Baroness Karen 17 Fit to eat 18 Good buddy 19 The facts 20 Type of boxer 23 “Catch-22” lead 26 NASA counterpart 27 Some take a gander 28 Grimace 29 Nasty laugh 30 PSAT takers 31 Not even 32 Address part 33 Ladybugs 37 Gallic nose 38 Pizarro’s quest 39 1040 org. 40 Deviate, as a rocket 41 Bon vivant 43 Gown renters,

briefly 44 Dernier — 45 Pumper’s pride 46 Your ancestor? 47 Martial — 48 Russian pancakes 51 Sci. class 52 Down mood 53 Like lightning

(hyph.) 56 Oscar’s cousin 57 Metro RRs 58 Learns to cope 62 Sourdough strikes 63 Frat letter 64 Against 65 Shopping plaza 66 Bellwether’s

mate 67 Post DOWN 1 Rush off 2 Wind up 3 — Beta Kappa 4 Hack 5 Poe’s middle name 6 Summer job seeker “— Cannonball” Cause-and-effect law Movie Neatest Meter reading Showers, maybe Aquarium denizen It’s left holding the bag Exit Between Calgary Stampede, for one Invasive vine 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 21 22 23 24 25 29 Charters 30 — -built 32 Horror-film menace Chess piece Swimsuit fabric Third planet out Food that’s hole-some? Worst-smelling Gift-box filler Rite sites Daffodil or tulip Autumn sign More remote Local ordinance Remains Monsieur’s pate Emerging magma Tire pressure meas. Harbor vessel FICA number 33 34 35 36 42 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 54 55 59 60 61