Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Edible root 4 Genuine warmth 9 Diva’s asset 14 Tall bird 15 Warmth 16 Convent 17 Thanks a —! 18 Diameter halves 19 Move smoothly 20 Pauses 22 Banged up 24 Durable wood 25 Flow regulator 27 Elcar or Wynter 28 Prudential rival 29 Larger-than-life 33 Plains tribe 35 Shady place 36 Affluent one 39 Huge flop 40 Last box to check 41 Affront 44 Stand in line 45 Like pagodas 46 Big-ticket — 50 Flirtations 52 Sluggish

marsupial 53 Painted Desert

locale 56 Lewd 57 TV host — Philbin 58 Trekkie idol 61 Suitable 62 Make up for 63 Pipe unclogger 64 Sea, to Cousteau 65 Freighter hazards 66 Splinter groups 67 Mountain

overlooking Troy DOWN 1 Bellowed 2 Microscopic animal 3 Sheep 4 Shrew 5 Time periods 6 Recipe word 7 Vive le —! 8 Roman-legion

officer 9 Fuzzy 10 Removal of all

traces 11 Long-billed

wader 12 Grant, as land 13 Got a load of 21 Not very tasty 23 TV brand 25 Swampy area 26 Gourmandized 28 Dazzle 30 “Sesame Street”

channel 31 Gold Medal org. 32 — -Magnon 34 Empty space 35 Catch cold 36 Cry of dismay 37 Ms. Hagen 38 Frat letter 39 Enjoyable 41 Dots on a map 42 Not even one 43 Airline to

Stockholm 45 Rand of “Atlas

Shrugged” 47 Japanese mat 48 Got hitched quick 49 Chant 51 Rx amounts 52 Prizefight events 53 Mighty steed 54 Nerve network 55 Horror-film servant 56 Custom 59 Dublin’s loc. 60 Apple comp.