Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Hoax 5 Suet 8 Fail to include 12 Eastman

invention 14 First-aid item 15 Thorny shrub 16 Historical

period 17 Bronte governess 18 Snowy 19 Smart aleck 21 Got close 23 Garden-pond fish 24 Frontier’s

— Carson 25 Farm enclosure 26 Pull a muscle 30 Lose it 32 Makes meringue 33 Plato’s pupil 37 Pinch 38 Grown-up 39 Polite cough 40 Highway safety

feature 42 Foul-up 43 Lure 44 Calls on 45 Slangy

affirmative 48 Munch on 49 Elmer, to Bugs 50 Citizen’s — 52 Spoke badly of 57 Cut short 58 Yikes! (hyph.) 60 Permission 61 Sharpen 62 Autumn colors 63 Mocha’s

country 64 Hat or

umbrella — 65 Before, to Blake 66 Posted a parcel DOWN 1 Distort, as data 2 Kachina doll maker 3 Hubbubs 4 Armor-crushing weapon Dunaway of films Spring mo. Most minute Fierce whale Fastens down Cay Toy bear Army duds Garr or Hatcher Peruse carefully French state Tiny shrimp Long drink Quaker pronoun Gam or Rudner Distant Cherry or lime 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 20 22 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 38 41 42 44 45 46 47 49 51 52 53 Zen questions Customize Far East cuisine Out in — field Rhea cousins Generator part Poor grades Palermo locale Library abbr. Millionaire’s toy Miscalculation Lying down Dit opposites Touche provoker Manner of acting Thousands, slangily Title On the same level Parking-lot mishap 59 Not him 54 55 56