Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Shuts with force 6 Boat runway 10 “Misery” costar 14 New 15 Great Lakes

state 16 Give the eye 17 Clean a slate 18 Sky-high 19 Appraise 20 Biscotto

flavoring 21 Constrained 23 Come through 25 Crunchy stalk 26 Want-ad letters 27 New drivers,

mostly 29 Gym pads 32 Take long steps 34 Contend 37 Sends forth 39 Constantly,

to Poe 40 Pizza order 42 Caustic

substance 43 Let out line 46 Norwegian

name 47 Ounce fractions 48 Historian’s

word 50 More beloved 53 Dish cleaners 57 Wrong 60 Insect stage 61 Fast-talk 62 Dog chow brand 63 Not very sturdy 64 Mongrels 65 Movie mogul 66 Royal decree 67 — qua non 68 Leisure 69 Airheads DOWN 1 Links standout Sam — Ben on “Bonanza” Be of benefit Sloppiest Shirt part Machine part Moby Dick pursuer Pepper grinder Kept order Reef formers Playing marble Shorten, maybe Without means of subsistence Trait carriers Aurora, to Plato Nesting places Blarney Stone locale Gibson or Brooks 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 22 24 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 38 41 44 45 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 Singer — Grant Tenth inning cause Semester Caesar’s man Here, for monsieur Cartoon mice — and Meek More confident “Titanic” name Tell a story Circuit Doze Did 18 holes Deejay’s platters World-weariness Chipmunk snack Keep Round Table quest Remove a renter Adds seasoning Famed lioness Audit aces