CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Drains of strength 5 Hoops player 10 Immortal Middleearth dweller 13 Suffix with switch 14 Gladiator’s realm 15 Henry __, who had six marriages 17 Gets an A on, as a test 18 Bench __: exercise 19 Red sky at morning, to a sailor 20 Long. crosser 21 Darjeeling and oolong 22 Fire stirrers 24 Writer Wharton 26 “Indubitably!” 28 Hawk’s nest 29 Shrinks back 31 Like a student arriving ten minutes after the bell, as opposed to five 33 “Golly!” 34 Greek cross 35 Old PC component 36 Midmorning work time-out, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles 40 Santa __ winds 42 Convert (hide) into leather 43 Dada pioneer Jean 44 Roasted holiday birds 47 Clickbait links, e.g. 51 Movie critic, when giving stars 52 As well 54 Religious belief 55 Hider’s location revealing words 57 Japanese wrestling 59 Half a Latin dance 60 Put __ on: limit 61 Fashion designer Emilio 63 Christmas carol 64 Toy building block 65 Sir __ Newton 66 Word-of-mouth 67 Bear’s shelter 68 Chili con __ 69 Moistens

DOWN

1 Putty, for example 2 Video game area 3 Written in verse 4 Sailor’s “Help!” 5 Flowing garb for Batman 6 Orderly arrangements 7 Sextet after the golden rings 8 USN rank 9 Abrasive tool 10 Brought to mind 11 Funny five-line verse 12 More passionate 16 Newspaper leaflet, say 21 Porch pirate, for one 23 Rowboat mover 25 Like takeout food 27 Wild guess 30 Southpaw 32 Surrounding glows 34 Decalogue number 36 Rome’s Punic Wars foe 37 Toward sunrise 38 Muse of poetry 39 Church recess 40 On __ basis: for testing purposes 41 Characterized by subtle distinctions 45 Not turn off 46 Be wrong 47 Bird on a Froot Loops box 48 “Sing another one!” 49 Warm up, as leftovers 50 Hems and haws 53 Grouchy Muppet 56 Large-scale tale 58 Computer bearing little devices resemblance to their real-life namesakes 62 Can. neighbor 63 “It’s __ or never”