TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Sloping walk 5 Cover with crumbs 10 Chowder morsel 14 Water, in Baja

15 Large artery 16 Ornamental cord

17 Pirate’s flag (2 wds.) 19 Harbinger 20 Epoch 21 Sitcom planet

22 Bit

24 Just scrapes by

25 Tot’s timeout

26 Nut part 29 Go backward

33 At -- -- for words

34 River duck 35 Calendar info

37 Zippy’s word

38 Ford alternative 39 Homeheating fuel 40 Fuel cartel 42 Fragrant flower 43 Swerves 45 Deletion 47 Royal order 48 La --, Bolivia

49 Edible root 50 London’s river

53 Med. personnel 54 Travel word

57 Moby Dick foe

58 Signal 61 Friar’s room 62 Mail carrier’s beat 63 Not deceived by 64 Pierre’s noggin

65 Held title to 66 Vicious

DOWN

1 Indian ruler 2 All excited 3 Kind of slipper

4 Comrade 5 Wine container

6 Castles, in chess

7 Unit of work 8 Ra’s symbol 9 Boldly 10 Made like a pony

11 Flimsy, as an excuse 12 Scored well 13 Game pieces 18 Harnesses 23 -- excellence 24 Coast Guard off. 26 Floor for good

27 Wed in secret

28 Oar puller 29 Entertainer Della -30 Gutter locale

31 More prudent

32 Fixed gaze 34 Norse god with a hammer 36 To be, to Brutus

38 Rio monetary unit, once 41 Efficient 43 Vice -44 Nature (pref.) 46 Malone of “Cheers” 47 Did the tango 49 Commonplace

50 King James pronoun 51 Sentry’s command 52 Winter weather 54 Creeping plant

55 Theta follower

56 In a short time

57 Do something 59 Demand payment from 60 Smothers or Landry