CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 African nation 6 Snatch 10 Pack in tightly 14 Went public with 15 Attract; draw 16 Part of the ear 17 Sparkle 18 Engrave 19 Lie next to 20 Depots 22 Fight against 24 “__ Brockovich” 25 Shine 26 __ column; backbone 29 Birch tree with catkins 30 As __ as the hills 31 Agreement with a landlord 33 Bugs’associate 37 Hairless 39 Blues singer __ Washington 41 Heap 42 Derisive smile 44 Jeans fabric 46 Mediterranean or Caribbean 47 Apple drink 49 One of Santa’s reindeer 51 Revolved 54 Lima’s nation 55 Steers clear of 56 Immensity 60 Evergreen tree 61 Heroic story 63 Neighbor of Montana 64 Get __; take revenge 65 Part in a movie 66 Burr or Spelling 67 In case 68 __ up; bound 69 Homes in the tree branches

DOWN

1 Practical jokes 2 Sword handle 3 __ code; start of a phone number 4 Make tidy 5 Naval bigwig 6 Astronaut John 7 Grooves 8 St.Joan of __ 9 “Lo and __!” 10 Nonsense 11 Mechanical man 12 Mistreat 13 Slightly more than 39 inches 21 Lubricated 23 “The __ Piper of Hamelin” 25 Pick up after reapers 26 Weeps 27 __ ahead; be foresightful 28 Doing nothing 29 Actor Edward 32 Lent a hand 34 Perch or bass 35 Escape 36 Calendar period 38 Sinfully self-indulgent 40 Animal pelts 43 Ceremony 45 Visitor from another planet 48 Abandon 50 Ice cream parlor order 51 Fight off 52 Popeye’s love 53 Adjusts a piano 54 Walked the floor 56 Contemptible 57 All __; listening 58 Injection 59 “My Three __” of old TV 62 Luau dish