Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Takes care of 6 Lucy Lawless role 10 Give medicine 14 Expect 15 Strong metal 16 Architects’ wings 17 — firma 18 Flower container 19 Spot on a radar

screen 20 Cold place 22 Rashness 24 Add to a

soundtrack 26 Fishing boats 27 Ball dropper 31 Bridal notice word 32 Excessive interest 33 Peak 36 Paddock youngster 40 Pepperoni seller 41 Pilots’ place 42 Atlas dot 43 Remnant 44 Eavesdrop 45 Bay 46 Medical grp. 48 Truckers’ loads (var.) 50 Received 53 Idle chatter 54 Kind of guidance 56 Approach the

summit 61 Physiologist

— Pavlov 62 Jungle warning 64 Rock ’n’ roll

classic 65 Football’s

— Rozelle 66 Give off, as rays 67 Penobscot River

locale 68 Husky’s burden 69 Colleen’s home 70 ATM key DOWN 1 Cheerio! (hyph.) 2 Pitcher with a

wide spout 3 DEA operative 4 Gossip, slangily 5 Prudishly 6 VII doubled 7 QED part 8 Snooped around 9 Windflowers 10 Interrogation after

a mission 11 Dragon of

puppetry 12 Skirt vents 13 Glimpse 21 Stage prompt 23 Before now 25 Reduce speed 27 Bugs Bunny and

Elmer — 28 Consumer 29 Balky one 30 Make lighter 34 Government org. 35 Softheartedness 37 Scandinavian

city 38 Helm position 39 Sanctions 41 Closet item 45 Trying 47 Part of MST 49 Bond rating 50 Chair’s mallet 51 Sound off 52 Judd of country

music 54 Domino dots 55 Cougar’s home 57 Plaid wearers 58 Revise 59 Fewer than 10 60 Venison 63 Tpk.