Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Dotty 5 Applied henna 9 Cookie or candy 14 Very light brown

color 15 Jungle warning 16 Jazzman — Blake 17 Vivacity 18 Slimy vegetable 19 Ring-shaped

island 20 Commonplace 22 Weightlifter’s

apparatus 24 Cattails 26 Princess Di’s niece 27 Gets the news 29 Joker (2 wds.) 34 Coke rival 35 Disappear

gradually 36 “Fish Magic” artist 37 Badges 38 Knickknack stand 41 Card-game cry 42 Psyche

components 44 Manipulates

fraudulently 45 Ghostly noises 47 Florida tribe 49 Licentious fellows 50 New Year in Hanoi 51 Wardens’ fear 53 Sketchiest 57 Calorie counters 61 Greek epic 62 Not fake 64 Livy’s “it was” 65 A la — 66 Aspirin target 67 Moreno or Rudner 68 Wrapped up 69 Prevailing

emotional tone 70 Picket-line crosser DOWN 1 Consider 2 Freedom org. 3 Kukla’s friend 4 Frozen plains 5 Hums 6 Linked 7 Maize unit 8 Lackluster 9 Equipped 10 Crocodile Dundee locale Woodwind Sour pickle Shout Condor’s abode More skillful Strut Line of bushes — Downs (racetrack) 30 Fateful date 31 Pond scum 11 12 13 21 23 25 27 28 32 Bridle parts 33 Studies 34 Bakery items 35 Conk out 39 Fast gaits 40 Ham it up 43 Place 46 Expulsions 48 Lacked 49 Muddied the waters NW state Bad habit Politician — Cranston Encircle Bloke’s streetcar Ambler or Clapton Pro — (in proportion) Iffy attempt “The Name of the Rose” author 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 60 63