TODAY'S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Circus

employee 6 Vote in 11 Nautilus locale 14 Veld scavenger 15 Brawl 16 Endorser’s need 17 Colonial suitor 18 Party tray

cheese 20 — chi ch’uan 21 Trucker, perhaps 23 Agreements between nations 24 Titter (hyph.) 26 Soft underfoot 28 Viewed with

alarm 30 Burst of energy 31 Rose-petal oil 32 Actor Raul — 33 April 15 org. 36 Familiar digits 37 Speedy 38 Offshore 39 Wrap up 40 “Haystacks”

artist 41 Used to play in

the Silverdome 42 Origami need 43 Affection 44 Wheedles 47 Code name? 48 St. Teresa’s

town 49 Metallic sound 50 Tubes, so to

speak 53 “Quoth the

raven, —” 56 White heron 58 How — things? 59 Silkwood of

“Silkwood” 60 Thorn 61 Inc. cousin 62 Blouse parts 63 Implied

DOWN

1 One of those 2 Jean Auel

heroine 3 Practiced Zen 4 Hydrocarbon

suffix 5 Cowboy’s boss 6 Moderator 7 Goneril’s father 8 “Nightmare”

street 9 Fair grade 10 Japanese dish 11 Builder’s sheet 12 Aussie

metropolis 13 Restless 19 Worms, often 22 Lettuce layer 25 Epochs 26 Undergo fission 27 — pro quo 28 Kismet 29 007’s alma

mater 30 Custodian,

briefly 32 Eyre and Fonda 33 Type of exercise 34 Budget item 35 Pageant wear 37 Compete in a

rodeo 38 Tunes 40 Foolish talk 41 Most spacious 42 Flag holder 43 Outscored 44 Barge route 45 Prevent from

happening 46 Kidded around 47 Behaviors 49 Leaf source 51 —, vidi, vici 52 Proofer’s word 54 Cultural Revolution figure 55 Mork’s planet 57 Student stat