TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Fable ending

6 Accord 10 Spill over 14 Lower in esteem

15 A Guthrie 16 Gas main 17 Systematic 19 Epps or Sharif 20 Sailor’s word 21 Endorser’s need 22 Halftime speech (2 wds.)

24 -- Barbara, Calif.

26 Go bad 27 Decrees 30 Webfooted mammals

34 Put out bait

35 Horses’ gaits

36 Crude metal 38 Fibber 39 Possessive pronoun 40 Burrito morsel 41 “That Girl” girl 42 Crinkled fabric 43 LaBelle or LuPone 44 Diva, maybe 46 Took a break 47 Racetrack circuit 48 Cutlass 50 Is very frugal

54 -- -- flash 55 Clumsy vessel 58 Type of synthesizer 59 Coding method 62 Ogden locale 63 Ready to harvest 64 Bushmiller or Els 65 Courteous chap 66 Something to peel 67 Author’s concern

DOWN

1 One of the Three Bears 2 Be compliant

3 Hourly fee 4 Fire residue 5 Snow -6 Work with oils

7 Circle portion 8 Applaud 9 Put up with 10 Uneven 11 Capital of Peru 12 Outback mineral 13 Gratuity 18 Foxes’ digs 23 Kettles 24 Palm reader, maybe 25 Germane 27 Earthenware crock 28 Wrecks 29 Plumbing unclogger 31 Mislay 32 Byron and Keats

33 Teed off 35 Later on 37 Writer -Bagnold 39 Candy bar enclosures 40 Modemspeed unit 42 Stuff 43 Castle wall 45 Dilemma 46 Polo need 49 Sent a telegram 50 Overconfident 51 Sheepfold 52 Sorrel or bay

53 Crop 55 Slangy negative 56 Make turbid

57 Patella site 60 PC “brain” 61 -- -Star Pictures