NEWSDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Flex, as biceps

5 Point toward

10 Petty quarrel

14 Aroma

15 __ minister (British leader)

16 Rail-riding vagabond

17 Fairy tale fiend

18 Sultan’s group of wives

19 Not doing anything

20 Cuts costs 23 Male

scoundrel 24 Rock extracted from a mine

25 Feeling a need to scratch

28 __ Beta Kappa

31 Activated, as an alarm

35 In an angry mood

36 Flowers and weeds

38 Make a blunder

39 Receive a suggestion with hostility

42 “__ only as directed”

43 Stubborn and mean

44 Minor shaving mishap

45 The present time

47 “So, without further __ . . .”

48 Indiana or Idaho

49 Bar bill

51 Family vehicle

52 Place a burden on one’s conscience

61 Hawaiian feast

62 Aladdin’s magical pal

63 Person of action

64 Colored part of the eye

65 Presses clothing

66 Volcano in Sicily

67 Face hider on Halloween

68 Small salamanders

69 Speak hoarsely

DOWN

1 Rude person 2 Border of a tabletop

3 “Me, neither” 4 Soaking wet 5 Rose-eating

insect

6 Teheran’s country

7 Marshy ground

8 MasterCard rival

9 Musical pace

10 Black eye, informally

11 Pea holders

12 Having the know-how

13 Tips of boots

21 Blurt out

22 Wipe clean

25 “Life __ a dream”

26 Sculpture of a body

27 Wept

28 First strategy to try

29 Despised

30 Emcee’s opening speech

32 Social __ (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

33 Standing upright

34 Male mallard

36 Part of MPH

37 “Love __ neighbor”

40 Faithful

41 Uninvited visitor

46 When twilight begins

48 Droop

50 Make a start

51 Game with queens and knights

52 Thin in physique

53 Subtle glow

54 Banquet stage

55 Used to be

56 “__ pronounce you . . .”

57 Slight coloring

58 Tiny amount

59 Glass in a monocle

60 Sandy golf hazard