UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wild fear 6 Promises to pay 10 Sword fight 14 Whiff

15 Pant

16 “Only Tme” singer

17 Pieces of sugar 18 Word of assent 19 Cone bearers 20 Doubt-ridden 22 Hedge 24 Berlin article 25 Parachute material 27 Scoffed at 31 Flip-chart stands 34 Papas or Cara 35 Banal 37 Raggedy doll 39 Minor setback 40 Ms. Witherspoon 41 Twig bearer 42 Soft leather 43 Assail 44 Linger 45 Getaway 47 Trustee 49 Throws hard 51 Roomy vehicle 52 El Greco’s city 55 Basic need (hyph.) 60 Pub pints 61 Swerve 63 More reasonable 64 Beef 65 “Mack the Knife” singer 66 Extremist 67 Long time 68 Pickle choice 69 Skirt feature

DOWN

1 Sanskrit dialect 2 — — for one’s money 3 Yves and Marie 4 Getting in the way 5 Waterfall

6 Mr. Sikorsky 7 Of durable wood 8 Mex. neighbor 9 U-2, e.g. (2 wds.) 10 Give the meaning of 11 Prof’s place 12 Bronte governess 13 Trailing

21 Not waste 23 Many-petaled flower 26 Brewers’ concerns 27 Frisbee 28 Bilko’s name 29 Uses a book

30 Truck fuel 32 Cocoon dweller 33 Contemptuous look

36 Born as 38 Socially inept one 40 Chided 41 Municipal office building (2 wds.) 43 Modem-speed unit 44 Becomes intense (2 wds.) 46 Ice holders 48 RCA products 50 Get a whiff of 52 Blah

53 Tub in the fridge 54 In shape 56 Mountains or river

57 Kitty starter 58 Name meaning “truth” 59 Latin 101 word 62 Wallach or Lilly