CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 D.C. insider

4 Anxious feeling

9 “Silent Night” words before calm and bright

14 Actress Gardner

15 More rational

16 Africa’s Sierra __

17 “Star Wars” sequel trilogy heroine

18 Spicy condiment

20 Pay off illicitly

22 How a scarymovie watcher might recoil

23 Astronaut’s milieu

26 Deserved, as

recognition

27 Keep separate

from the rest

28 Restaurant chain

with an owl logo

31 Horne of jazz

32 In the manner of

34 Oktober endings

35 Lawn areas

lacking grass

39 Perth __, NJ

42 LBJ’s boy beagle

43 Big brass

47 Greets with

guffaws

50 Features of some

cruise ships

52 Heavy weight

53 NYC’s World Financial Center architect

55 Working together

as one

58 ’90s candidate __

Perot

59 Coins in one’s pocket ... and what literally happens in each set of circles 62 When doubled, a

Latin dance

63 Fix in the

crosshairs

64 Knighted

composer Edward

65 Showy pond fish

66 Stacks like

Tupperware

67 Wed on the sly

68 Vicious with a

bass

DOWN 1

Partially cook, as rice

2 Employ excessively, as muscles

3 Overdo the

flattery

4 Last word of

Kansas’ motto 5 Macduff rebuff

6 Econ. measure

7 Old photo hue

8 Battlefield furrow

9 “What’s more ... ”

10 Norman who created Archie and Edith Bunker

11 French pilgrimage site

12 Trying a case, say

13 Prophetic woman

19 Prefix with stat

21 Overdo, as a point

24 Twinkler

25 Soccer standout

29 Frequently, to a bard

30 More irritable

33 Fireplace grate buildup

36 Shakespearean cries 37 12-point type

38 Actor Epps

39 Craftsperson

40 Marshmallowy

treat

41 Little chickens

44 Disengages the

bolt for, as a door

45 Russian ballet

company

46 “Let me reiterate

... ”

48 “High Voltage”

band

49 Far from a guffaw

51 Round figure

54 Little

56 “I smell __!”

57 Ping-Pong

supplies

60 Private aid prog.

61 Space between

outfielders