TODAY'S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pageant figures 5 Courtyards 10 — de vivre 14 Stratford’s river 15 Lunch periods 16 Wrist-to-elbow bone 17 Honey wine 18 Info-packed 19 Israel’s Golda — 20 Demanding 22 Brewing needs 24 Army off. 25 Mao — -tung 26 Slow mover 29 Mongrel 32 Stoles 36 Container weight 37 Beethoven opus 39 Gullible person 40 Secure (4 wds.) 43 Prior to yr. 1 44 Shoelace hole 45 Kind of admiral 46 Feudal workers 48 Tulip color 49 Decorated with parsley 50 “— take forever!” 52 Russian jet 53 Obeyed the dentist 57 Pools 61 Track meet event 62 Perk up 64 Tony’s cousin 65 Wait in neutral 66 Biscotto flavoring 67 Singer — Hendryx 68 Company VIPs 69 B-vitamin source 70 Strike one as

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1 “Motorcycle —” 2 Confirm 3 Incite 4 New Hall-of-Famer 5 Cancel 6 “Little piggies” 7 Tough — to hoe 8 Part of MIT 9 Up till now (2 wds.) 10 Kind of cable 11 Butter substitute 12 — — for the money 13 Headphones 21 “— -la-la!” 23 Lake Nasser’s dam 26 Ticket remnants 27 Galahad’s weapon 28 Decree 29 Pigeon or dove 30 Male relative 31 Did a lawn chore 33 Grant applicant 34 Joyous outburst 35 “Heidi” author 37 Sneaky 38 Edge a doily 41 Stretches out 42 Cavalry members 47 Casts a fly 49 Rock-band booking 51 Postpone 52 “Luncheon on the

Grass” painter 53 S&L protector 54 Do dock work 55 Fjord port 56 Wine’s partner 57 Minus 58 Plaintive reed 59 WXY, on a phone 60 Pants feature 63 Travel word