TODAY'S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Veteran (2 wds.) 7 Do lacework 10 Yellow jacket 14 Pasture entrances 15 Dijon donkey 16 Need a scratch 17 Gomez or Morticia 18 Single-stranded molecule 19 Ancient colonnade 20 Sudden advances (2 wds.) 23 Bantu people 26 “— — Woman” 27 Consent to 28 Latin hymn word 29 Cartoon Chihuahua 30 Tallahassee sch. 31 Freedom, briefly 32 Beaded shoe 33 Evening serenader 37 — Tzu 38 Peacock spot 39 Whiz 40 Thurman of film 41 Piercing screams 43 Embarrassed 44 Hosp. employee 45 Prizefighter’s stat 46 Receive 47 Campbell of country music 48 Ms. Lauder 51 Corrida cry 52 Bashfully 53 Salad tidbit (2 wds.) 56 Jazzy — Horne 57 Dune buggy kin 58 Trimmed the hedge 62 Be a party to 63 Barely visible 64 Greet the general 65 London art gallery 66 Almost-grads 67 Half-shell item

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1 Explorer — Helen Johnson 2 British inc. 3 Served, as time 4 Dentist’s bane 5 Romulus’ twin 6 Bones, in anatomy 7 Clan ID 8 Per — (yearly) 9 Wagon pullers 10 Smart aleck (2 wds.) 11 Rose-petal oil 12 Listerine rival 13 Temporary state 21 Reunion attendees 22 Endured 23 Belly dance clackers 24 — Heep 25 Work 29 Chicago columnist Mike — 30 Gem surface 32 More timid 33 — Abdul-Jabbar 34 Listlessly 35 Force 36 Comedian — Kaye 42 Repeat 46 Mitten cousins 47 Grave robbers 48 Dazzling effect 49 Ancient Yemen 50 Doctrine 51 Water Rat’s pal 52 Digress 54 Wobbles 55 Lhasa — 59 Bolt holder 60 Riviera summer 61 “The,” to Wolfgang