Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Spicy 5 Scottish highlander 9 Earth pigment 14 Great Lakes port 15 Rapunzel’s pride 16 “Peachy!” 17 Makes a mistake 18 Camp Swampy

bulldog 19 Famed viol. 20 Grumpy colleague 21 Lovers 23 Barterer 25 Lock brand 26 Kept secret 27 Enthralled 29 Frankenstein

milieu 32 Wading bird 35 Winter Olympics

event 36 Plump and juicy 37 Sign on a door 38 Thought on 39 Part of MIT 40 Cement

component 41 Kinds 42 Workers’ pay 43 Environmental

prefix 44 Wildebeests 45 Lay down 46 Soap target 48 Twinkled 52 Inclined 56 Tax shelter 57 Thresholds 58 Flu symptom 59 Black mark 60 Strong alloy 61 Court order 62 Gas main 63 Running late 64 Hockey goals 65 Goes on the stage DOWN 1 Long grasses 2 Helpful pointer 3 Approximately, in dates Toady’s answer — down (ate) Cafe customer Diet Slow gait Beat an incumbent Aluminum or copper Moving rapidly French state Fishing poles Make cloth Overpromoted Get on the horn Twice-baked breads Seasons Basilica area Gambles 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 22 24 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 42 44 45 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 59 Doughnut feature Grand in scale Home improver Dilly Lariat After-dinner candies Pesky plant Horrible Rains ice Laid off Astronaut’s garb (hyph.) Imitate Pour out lava Goes with Furtive whisper Beatles’ meter maid One of a chess player’s octet Fairy-tale villain Exercise place