Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Ancient tales 6 Date with a doc 10 Ear cleaner 14 Lofty abode 15 Develop,

as a storm 16 Kinks’ 1970 tune 17 Singer — Abdul 18 H.H. Munro’s pen

name 19 WWW addresses 20 Beach finds 22 Sugar cane

product 24 Adherent 26 Balmy temperature 27 Hot pepper 31 Dude 32 Moving right — 33 Nouveau — 36 IRS form expert 39 Nurse’s beat 40 Cravat cousin 41 More 42 NNW opposite 43 Arduous journeys 44 Asimov genre

(hyph.) 45 Mex. Mrs. 46 Warns (2 wds.) 48 Plunges 51 B’way posting, once Large banana Handles dough Kind of chop Get better Where Damascus is Give the eye People devourer Easy-to-find constellation Furtive whisper Minority group Parents 52 54 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 DOWN 1 Travel guides 2 Uh-huh 3 Actual 4 Upgrade 5 Closing tight 6 Pecs’ partners 7 Wheels for nanny Tea variety Dusk Half-frozen — case scenario Kind of cat Freshwater catch 9-digit ID Malaria symptom 25 Succinct 27 Harsh calls 28 Woe is me! 29 Good old days 30 Finish 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 23 34 Gross! 35 Overhead 36 Ad award 37 Wisp of smoke 38 Get real! (2 wds.) Wyoming tribe Hackers’ machines Easy gait Supporter 14-line poem Tick off Plugs away Keens Attack on a castle Drop heavily Anti-drug cop Bronte orphan Verdi number Prada rival Without, to Pierre Endorse 40 41 43 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57 58 61