TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Say hoarsely 5 Where Fuji is

10 Popular salad

14 Home of the Bruins 15 Pyramid site

16 Beat to a froth

17 Sheik colleague 18 Usefulness 19 Geologic time divisions 20 Knickknack stand

22 Giggle (hyph.) 23 Arizona river

24 Put 26 Rodeo gear 28 Sioux garb 32 Reef

33 Raj headquarters 34 That, to Jaime

35 Air France hub

36 Merry 37 Breathe hard

38 Payable now

39 Talks up 40 “Nutcracker” costumes

41 Give up the crown

43 Quiz answer 44 Preserves fruit

45 Actor -Reiner 46 Keepsake 49 Gather facts 52 Essayist’s pen name 53 New Zealander

55 Name meaning “truth” 57 Ex-gridder -- Karras 58 Court case 59 Tennyson heroine 60 Keep for later

61 Lacking sense 62 Garden tool

DOWN

1 Reproach oneself for 2 Zenith

3 Cut

4 Brazil neighbor

5 Topaz and emerald 6 Socrates’ hangout

7 Fiery stack 8 TWO-BR unit 9 Utmost degree

10 Woolen fabrics 11 “Yikes!” (hyph.) 12 WXY, on a phone 13 Church part 21 Bobbysoxer 22 “Kon- --” 24 Calms

25 “-- Breaky Heart” 26 Backyard planting 27 Pushed a raft 28 Debutante 29 Byron contemporary 30 Matter of dispute 31 Drowses off 32 Fresca or 7-Up 33 Airheads 36 Harlow or Auel

37 Swift traveler

39 Look over quickly 40 Furniture protector 42 Mountaineer’s tool (2 wds.) 43 Household 45 Pinkish shade 46 Herbal soothers 47 Mexican pot 48 Ukraine’s capital 49 Spring 50 Horne of jazz 51 Norwegian name

53 Alps, for short 54 “Exodus” hero 56 Summer quaff