UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blackjack, in Britain

5 Flat boats

10 Drawer handle

14 Mighty Dog rival

15 Rabbi’s reading

16 Knotlike mass

17 Line of stitches

18 Not sensible

19 Verdi opera

20 Delegates

22 Passed by

24 Unit of energy

25 Counselor

26 Ultraviolet opposite

30 Baseball stat.

31 Pool hall item

32 Units of length

34 Snake plate

38 Idyllic spot

40 Bond-buyer’s concern

42 “Fish Magic” artist

43 Fleur- — - —

45 Cypress growths

47 Acorn bearer

48 Magna — laude

50 Residents

52 Gulf state

55 “Norma —”

56 Period of little or no growth

57 Viewpoints

61 German import

62 Painter’s garb

64 Put to flight

65 Bank holding

66 New Zealander

67 Napoleon’s island

68 Consumer gds.

69 White-faced

70 Faculty head

DOWN

1 Home, to Jose

2 Cheers for toreros

3 Whirlpool locales

4 More cozy

5 Swimming hazard

6 Fakes out

7 Zoologists’ mouths

8 Ebbed

9 Postpone

10 Hiker’s bag

11 Racket

12 More peculiar

13 Necklace part

21 Overcast

23 Opens the window

25 Book appendixes

26 Treated a sprain

27 Undressed

28 Have a hunch

29 Composer — Satie

33 Lots and lots

35 Burn soother

36 Tragic monarch

37 Cartoon shrieks

39 Tobacco component

41 Soft leather

44 Certain beyond question

46 Sharp blow

49 Swamp vapor

51 Ogled

52 Liquid

53 Puts cargo on board

54 “The Black Tulip” author

56 Date source

57 Ranch segment

58 Nat “King” —

59 Big horn

60 Laurel or Kenton

63 Awesome!