TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Transmission part

5 — Downs (racetrack) 10 Great in quantity 14 Delightful

15 Mecca resident 16 Square footage

17 A law — itself

18 In an unflagging

manner

20 Hangar occupant 22 Some buses

23 Foots the bill 25 Former late-night host

Jay

26 Where a ghost is invoked

27 Damage superficially 28 Fast pace

32 Silver Skates boy 33 Lean-tos

35 Mystery writer — Paretsky

36 Inquire

37 Pilot’s dir.

38 Win at rummy 39 Pastrami place 41 Summa cum —

43 In a dither 44 Blissful spot

45 Mag fillers

46 Only

48 Pond makers 50 Watershed

51 Place of business 54 Dug for coal

55 Fraction

57 Kept cold

61 Oregon, to Madeleine 62 Snake venom, for instance

63 Ticket info

64 Metal containers 65 Be sparing

66 Talks on and on

DOWN

1 Safari animal 2 One, in Frankfurt 3 Perform

4 Goes back into business

5 Villas

6 Special effort 7 Confident

8 Sonnet kin

9 Flour grinders 10 Good-luck bringers 11 Bear, to Brutus

12 Kind of phone 13 Fodders

19 Period of time

21 Fond du —, Wisconsin 23 Picked on

24 Not sit well

25 Put cargo on board 26 Window covering

27 Bills of fare

29 Tattered

30 Baltimore baseballer 31 Minty

34 Leads

40 Charges

41 Regrets deeply 42 Renowned

43 Dryness

47 Festive night 49 First-rate

50 Eat hearty (2 wds.) 51 Fuel cartel 52 Greek-salad topper 53 Tarkenton of football 54 Ankle-length

56 Moppet

58 Hush-hush org. 59 Cartoon shriek

60 AMA members