TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Short distance

5 Tunnel 9 Beige shade 13 Haul 14 Clothe 15 Novelist -- Bagnold 16 Extend over 17 Personal 19 Selects actors for

21 -- down the hatches 22 Evening gala

24 Ducks and geese

25 Gravy morsel 26 Remote button 27 Joule fractions 31 Sanctions 32 Brainy 34 Be pouty 35 Tax shelter

36 Stale 37 “Simpsons” bartender 38 Decorate the tree 40 Cursor mover

42 Bay

43 Silly 44 Find a job for

45 Loft 47 Ascend 49 Quagmire 50 Downhill skiing 53 Downpours 54 Astounding 56 Warning signal 60 Saharan 61 Intended 62 Great Lakes port 63 Skirt borders 64 Coca-cola or Pepsi 65 Slightly used car

DOWN

1 City rtes. 2 Go one better

3 Flight board data initials 4 Eye cosmetics

5 Kind of strength 6 Poets’ eyes 7 British rule in India 8 Hook fastener 9 Provokes 10 College credit 11 Explore sunken ships 12 Churchill successor 14 Opposite of liabilities 18 Harsh cry 20 Exist 22 Mountain chain

23 Get 24 Crosses, as a stream 25 Glamour 26 Prize 28 Unconfirmed reports

29 Hand warmers 30 Clay-target sport 33 North Woods animal

39 Great numbers 40 History warehouses 41 Snob, often

42 Hit the hay 46 Son of Val and Aleta 48 Letterhead abbr. 49 Hawaii’s -- Loa 50 Delhi nursemaid 51 Trevi Fountain coins, once 52 Ever so proper 53 Turnpike 55 Zodiac sign 57 Hematite 58 Periphery 59 Opposite of “paleo”