CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Doofus 5 Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant 10 Smack on the mouth 14 Letter-shaped support piece 15 “For real!” 16 Pop singer Brickell 17 Dice roller’s exhortation 19 Scrabble piece 20 TV preview 21 Taken as a whole 23 Satchel feature 26 Margarita glass rim coating 27 Curved sword 30 Application info: Abbr. 32 Pool measure 35 What soccer shootouts resolve 36 Peaceful state 38 P-like Greek letter 39 Actress Thurman 40 Actor with nearsynonymous first and last names 41 Museum hanging 42 Amount after costs 43 Suitcase attachments 44 Yuletide 45 Not so hot? 47 __ Lanka 48 Swollen 49 Upper, in Ulm 51 Male voice range 53 “Toodle-oo!” 56 Evaluate for tax purposes 60 Wee bit 61 Cause trouble ... and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 64 Time in office 65 Emulate Vesuvius 66 Scarlet letter of fiction 67 Slow Churned ice cream brand 68 Hagar of Van Halen 69 Wine bottle number

DOWN 1 Random House vol. 2 Woodwind instrument 3 Dalai __ 4 Locks on heads 5 Soup mix brand 6 “Blue Bloods” extra 7 Pie-mode connection 8 TV host Kelly 9 Applies weatherstripping to 10 Stovetop whistler 11 Pretty darn simple 12 Housecat’s perch 13 Watermelon eater’s discard 18 Four: Pref. 22 Saddled (with) 24 People with skill 25 Toaster snack 27 Publicity ploy 28 Evangelist __ Semple McPherson 29 Verses by Allen Ginsberg, e.g. 31 Shake it on the dance floor 33 Burglar 34 “Deck the Halls” greenery 36 Free (of) 37 Yearbook gp. 40 One on horseback 44 Room with a crib 46 Steel girders 48 Luxurious 50 Greets the judge 52 Well-dressed 53 Mention in a footnote 54 Broke up some clods 55 Senorita’s “other” 57 Weapon with a tip guard 58 Scotch go-with 59 Walk of Fame figure 62 Periodic table suffix 63 Turntable no.