Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Rope fiber 5 Puts up pictures 10 Lecturer’s spot 14 Pecan shape 15 Endangered

layer 16 Quechua speaker 17 Prefix for

“trillion” 18 Unearthed

(2 wds.) 19 Ion source 20 Honey source 22 Oily fish 24 Candy stripers 26 Fish eggs 27 Candidate lists 30 Studying hard 35 Caesar’s river 36 Do an usher’s job 37 Use a spoon 38 Hagen of “The Other” Mooched Logging tool Celebration Cheers for matadors Dragon puppet More grotesque Didn’t move Morass Cry of dismay Pecan confection Feudal tenant Gutter site Oil-well capper Red — Shah’s kingdom Foul mood Playing cards Counting-rhyme start Betting factor Kid around with Philosopher 39 42 43 45 46 48 50 51 52 54 58 61 62 64 66 67 68 69 70 71 DOWN 1 Very warm 2 Neck and neck 3 Foal mother 4 Soothe 5 Surfer

wannabes 6 Lapis lazuli

color 7 Wassail

alternative 8 Wildebeests 9 Detach 10 Tiaras 11 Con 12 Computer graphic Likewise Stadium levels Computer term Sights to enjoy Gear Quart, plus 13 21 23 25 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 36 40 41 44 47 49 50 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 63 65 Degrade Worthless pieces of cloth Austria neighbor Undeliverable mail Avarice Shoe part or fish Touching Is overly fond Pills Girls Garden-pond fish Thin Leafy vines Pancho Villa’s coin Cape Town currency Keen Adams or Brickell Type of rug Sp. or Eng. Santa — winds PBS “Science Guy”