Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols

ACROSS 1 Like a sluggard 5 Bottomless pit 10 Diving duck 14 Woodwind with nearly a threeoctave range 15 Popeye’s nemesis 16 Water-draining

aid 17 Scary R.L. Stine

series for kids 19 Barely makes, with

“out” 20 Construction beam 21 Invention

protection 23 __ the races 26 Panamas, e.g. 29 Crossword constructor’s chore 31 “Fiddlesticks!” 32 Small boys 33 Scoundrel 35 New York governor before Pataki 38 Hosp. heart test 39 Word that can follow the starts of 17-, 26-, 50- and 58-Across 41 Squishy lowland 42 R&B singer __

Marie 44 Toon Snorkasaurus 45 Way off in the

distance 46 Magazine with an annual list of the world’s 2,000 biggest public companies 48 In a wise way 50 Witchcraft and

such 53 Succinct 54 Get a new

actor for 55 Fictional

reporter Lane 57 Memo abbr. 58 Symbols of Democratic victories 64 Like racehorses 65 Grimm brutes 66 Smitten to the

max 67 Parade honoree 68 Meddlesome sort 69 Unrestrained

indulgence DOWN 1 Shipboard diary 2 Blood typing system 3 Field trip

destination 4 Adamant

affirmation 5 “Take a Chance on

Me” group 6 Makes fuzzy 7 “Delicious!” 8 “The Racer’s Edge” 9 Steel-wool

scrubber 10 Sheer, informally 11 Seller’s suggestion 12 Javelin throw, for

one 13 Adam and Mae 18 “... the __ blackness of the floors”: Poe 22 Gulf War defense

acronym 23 Nonet minus one 24 Speck of snow 25 Experimental

margin of error 27 Trap victim? 28 Germany’s longest

river, to Germans 30 Univ. senior’s

exam 34 Ham sandwich and

a soda, e.g. 36 Lunch and dinner 37 How ham may be

served 39 Sounds from

pounds 40 Daybreak

goddess 43 “Sorry, that’s

impossible” 45 In the distant past 47 Dugout assistant 49 Quarreling 50 In-your-face 51 River in Hades 52 Wintry

precipitation 56 Peak of Greek

myth 59 Shirt size abbr. 60 Coffee dispenser 61 Roofing sealer 62 __ on your face 63 Put into words