Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Fleece 5 Whitish gems 10 Multitude 14 Dry watercourse 15 K, to a jeweler 16 Constructed 17 Gridder — Alonzo Stagg Zoo heavyweight Straw in the wind Xerxes ruled here Loch Ness site Part of SST Did garden work Toledo locale Kin of argon Municipality Diver’s milieu City on the Rio Grande Pub pint Woodwind Eighteen-wheeler Show again Sci-fi computer Celts, to Romans Alaskan pole Writer Kellerman Slackens off On both feet Told secretly Scarcely Relating to the mouth 62 Bicker 64 The Phantom of

the Opera 65 Land parcel 66 “Ninotchka” name Antler prong Diplomat’s need Moderated Arms the alarm 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 28 32 35 37 38 39 41 42 44 45 46 47 49 53 57 60 61 67 68 69 70 DOWN 1 Trades 2 Antique brooch 3 Dress up 4 NASA’s — Control 5 Slimy vegetable 6 Hogwash! 7 Get up 8 Spear 9 Tolerated 10 Fume 11 Sand mandala builder Churchill successor Proceed Freud, to himself Waco resident Troubles “— —, old chap” Caligula’s nephew Garfield’s housemate Holiday quaffs 12 13 21 23 25 27 29 30 31 32 Lemony-tasting 33 Dairy-case item 34 Shed tears 36 Pale gray 37 “Damn Yankees” vamp Familiar deer Lummoxes Spring growth Black-footed critters Senate vote Saying — incognita Goes very slowly Chilling Dirty Harry portrayer Tots Layer Willy or Shamu DEA operative Necklace part Ouray’s tribe 39 40 43 45 48 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 63