TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nudged

6 Barely open

10 Hairy humanoid 14 Orphan of comics 15 Olin or Horne 16 Comedian — King 17 Making a knot

18 Page of a book

19 Go on foot

20 Outside

22 Readies to pounce 24 Grasshopper’s rebuker 25 Catch on

26 Razor targets 30 Tuneful

34 Leno or Letterman 35 Is bold enough 36 Hired vehicle 38 Twitches

39 Not cling (2 wds.) 40 In — veritas

41 Yeasty brew 42 Tiresome talkers 43 Peony part 44 Victoria’s realm 46 Sporty sock

47 Cosmic force

48 Vt. neighbor 49 Former teens 52 Was enough 57 Begin a hand 58 Willy or Shamu 60 Orderly grouping 61 Deep-voiced lady 62 Fibber 63 Grounds

64 Pose

65 Advice, often 66 Drew to a close

DOWN

1 Gourmet appetizer 2 Jet black

3 Do socks

4 Berlin single 5 Lower in esteem 6 Dispense

7 Catcall

8 Santa — winds 9 Ride the rapids 10 Was sleepy 11 Flexibility

12 Yarn

13 Writing fluids

21 — and outs 23 Psyche components 26 Test version 27 Griffith or Zola 28 Give emphasis to 29 Attorney’s thing 30 Sorted socks 31 Units of work 32 Sign before Virgo 33 Duct

35 Bruce or Laura 37 Stem of a tree 39 Hawaii’s Mauna — 40 Cucumber or carrot to a Brit 42 Dry with absorbent paper

43 Book part

45 Cider unit

46 — Wiedersehen 48 Canning jar size 49 Actor — Sandler 50 Pepperoni seller 51 Auctioneer’s declaration 52 Check

53 Oil producer 54 Muck or slime 55 Moderate

56 Did Easter eggs 59 Pedro’s river