Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Movie house 5 Humane org. 9 The birds and the

bees 14 Broke ground 15 Edible seeds 16 Ritual table 17 Wee (hyph.) 19 Just the same 20 — King Cole 21 Taped over 23 Flamenco

shouts 24 Junk or snail — 25 Experimented with Groovy (hyph.) Codgers’ queries Attention grabbers Jingle, maybe Good name for a cook? Wife of Osiris Equals Neighbor’s kid Chaney of horror flicks Small coins Insurance giant Wood-shaving tool Make ripples Clumsy Iridescent stone Tire Byline name Locker locale Metric measure Kind of bus Like helium Salt or pickle Dah partners Succinct Mellows Sheriff Taylor’s kid 27 30 31 32 35 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 49 50 51 53 56 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 DOWN 1 Goatee spot 2 Theta follower 3 Twig shelter 4 Ben & Jerry rival 5 Wraith 6 Scent carrier 7 Mama — Elliot 8 Up till now (2 wds.) Air-safety org. Divvies up Worthwhile Lacking apparel Mars, to Plato Gentleman callers Judges Female parents That yacht Fall short Mr. Moto’s reply (2 wds.) Bronco “brake” 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 27 28 29 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 52 53 54 55 57 59 Stipe’s group Laugh syllable Cen. fractions Mlle., in Baja Catches some rays Jazz’s home Domino’s offering Kind of pepper Banned pesticide Discrete Boring tools Future ferns Actor Kevin — Not now Agave Windy City airport Dart about Hoodlum Knife handle Hairy Himalayan Inventory wd. AAA suggestion Tokyo, once