TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Competition 6 Minor dispute 10 Fugue master 14 Degrade 15 Like a rain forest 16 The younger

Guthrie 17 J. Paul — 18 Sask. neighbor 19 Herr’s refusal 20 Drop — — line 21 Aerobics exercise

(2 wds.) 24 Posh hotel lobbies 26 Mall booths 27 Vitamin monitors 28 Tizzies 30 Faux pas 33 Zoologist’s study 34 Shaggy beast 37 Grand Ole — 38 Auctioneer’s word 39 Pith helmet 40 “Shogun” apparel 41 Carpenter’s supply 42 Manhandled 43 Rats on 44 Keystone

Konstable 45 Flop down 48 Nullifies 52 Abrupt change

(2 wds.) 55 Kind of instinct 56 Go — — smoke 57 Marinate 58 Corporate concern 60 Nave neighbor 61 Roof overhang 62 Seedless orange 63 Changed color 64 Linger 65 Migratory flocks

DOWN

1 Igneous rock

source 2 Red as — — 3 Golden Horde

member 4 Iowa hrs. 5 Beatles tune (2

wds.) 6 Closes violently 7 Paper source 8 — spumante 9 Acknowledging 10 Ukulele cousins 11 Zones 12 Make sense 13 Beeps 22 Ms. Thurman of

films 23 “Bhagavad —” 25 Doubtful 28 Travels by water 29 They have their

orders 30 Slime 31 PD dispatch 32 After Thurs. 33 Thwart a villain 34 “Ouch!” 35 Goodall subject 36 Nanny’s charge 38 Suspenders 39 Prerecord 41 Ex-Speaker

Gingrich 42 Fixing corn 43 Turned bronze 44 New Zealand

parrot 45 Team 46 A little husky? 47 Union demand 48 Enter again 49 Tequila cactus 50 Fast sleds 51 Archaeology find 53 Castle defense 54 Heavy-duty soap

brand 59 Daisy — Yokum