TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Put out a fire

6 Quip

10 Taxis

14 Urge forward

15 Auel heroine 16 Woodwind

17 Nap noisily 18 Complain 19 Dubuque’s state 20 Theater 22 Bodyguard 24 Top-left PC key 26 Garden veggies 27 Fierce fish

31 Frat letter

32 Spout, as Vesuvius 33 Coffee, in slang 36 Depend

40 Rough file

41 Traffic stoppers 42 Swing around

43 Leg joint 44 Unforeseen difficulty 45 Gamma follower 46 Elec. measure 48 James Joyce novel 50 Involve 54 One, in Frankfurt 55 Mexican port 57 Talk nonsensically 62 Heavy metal

63 In a short time 65 Imitated Bossy 66 Gator kin

67 Prefix for second 68 Leek cousin 69 Little child 70 Very, to Yvette 71 Hot dip

DOWN

1 Kind of brake

2 Old Dodge model 3 Fairy-tale word

4 Arid

5 Copper or sulfur 6 Quick punch

7 Took a gander

8 Takes a nap

9 Evening gown fabrics 10 Small-change pouches (2 wds.)

11 Cabin or chateau 12 Leafy shelter 13 Grills a steak 21 Hearth residue 23 Earth-conscious org. 25 Bayou dweller

27 Job benefit

28 Baha’i origin 29 Stratagem 30 Outward show

34 — — standstill 35 Fashion

37 Building additions 38 Pear-shaped

instrument

39 Fans’ cries 41 Ambitious one 45 Electric generators 47 Beaded shoe 49 Freedom,

in slogans

50 Force out

51 Full of good cheer 52 Trout’s home

53 Of the moon 56 Sector

58 — fide

59 Get steamed up 60 Many August people 61 — St. Vincent Millay 64 Turndowns