CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Is sporting

6 Bobby who lost to Billie Jean King in tennis’ “Battle of the Sexes” 11 Place to unwind 14 Grenoble’s river 15 Sign up, in Sussex 16 Reliever’s asset 17 “ABC” group, with “The”

19 USN clerk

20 Hot state

21 Heat unit

22 Ruhr Valley city 24 Art class subject 26 Part-plant DC

Comics superhero 28 Compulsive thief,

for short

30 Thoughts spoken

onstage

31 Prefix with comic 32 “Not for me”

35 Left on a liner

36 Pioneer’s wagon with an upwardcurved floor

39 Popular side

42 Sore

43 Makeshift knives 47 More minute

49 Without a musical

key

50 Weight loss guru 54 New Haven Ivy

55 Stream of insults,

say

56 “It’s __ to you”

58 Given a meal

59 Printemps

month

60 Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint to the puzzle’s circles 63 Outer: Prefix

64 Slices in a pie,

often

65 Gold unit

66 Blue shade

67 Designer

fragrance

68 Prepared for a TV

interview

DOWN

1 Mischief 2 Ordinarily 3 Any of 11 1860s states

4 Sitcom planet

5 Outdoor home

6 Agree to more issues

7 Start to structure 8 Big name in fairy tales 9 Federal URL

ending

10 Makes things slippery, in a way 11 Closes the marital deal

12 Peacock, e.g.

13 Surrounded by

18 Extremely

23 Shout from the

main mast

25 Momentous

victories

27 Part of UTEP

29 Excessively

32 Bench press

target, for short 33 Bat wood

34 Metaphor for a

mess

37 “Breaking Bad”

agent 38 Prime meridian

std.

39 Place near the Pennsylvania Railroad

40 Relax

41 Retirement

income source

44 Down

45 Chemical bonding

number

46 Tobogganed

48 Ophthalmologist,

for short

49 Lago filler

51 Wound up costing 52 Highway through

Whitehorse

53 __-France

57 Senior’s highlight 61 Comic strip cry 62 Non opposite