A DAY IN OCTOBER

ACROSS

1 Texas symbol 5 Deadly 10 Tibetan monk 14 Trident feature 15 Flared dress 16 Leave 17 Bluesy James 18 Provide new supplies for 19 Auctioneer’s last word 20 Halloween activit y 23 Solo of “Star Wars” 24 Pitching field? 25 Cleo’s least-favorite reptile 28 Airport waiter? 30 Their eyes may be all over you 34 Short and sweet 36 “___ Flux” (Charlize Theron movie) 39 Field of expertise 40 Halloween activit y 43 Petri dish gelatin 44 Some plane folks (Abbr.) 45 Right-hand page 46 Liquif y again 48 Craze 50 Beast of burden 51 Usher’s beat 54 Conned 56 Halloween activit y 62 Certain Native American 63 Map close-up 64 ___ gin fizz 65 Mouse target 66 Recycling goal 67 Dublin’s land 68 Early video game 69 Head lock 70 Caps with pom-poms

DOWN

1 Check, as a flow 2 Small monkey 3 Picnic crashers 4 Get through to 5 Hot breakfast fare 6 Sheltered, at sea 7 Spats 8 Man’s softer side 9 “Not to mention . . .” 10 Lay down the law? 11 Neural transmitter 12 Artistic Chinese dynasty 13 Downed 21 Wedge-shaped diacritical mark 22 Frat party container 25 Petal perfume 26 Twilled fabric 27 Trojan War king 29 They keep cons in cans 31 Novelist Jong 32 Doesn’t own 33 Some palms 35 A lot is done on roller coasters 37 Pilot ’s announcement, briefly 38 “Carmina Burana” composer Carl 41 Edge 42 Intense feeling of love 47 Sass 49 Playing marbles 52 Heckuva big boat 53 Follow 55 Samsung product 56 A little, in music 57 In the know about 58 Pro attachment? 59 Pelvic bones 60 What’s expected 61 Makes a horse go right 62 With it