TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Victorian oath

5 Golfer — Couples 9 Better than stereo 13 Hindu noble 14 Volkswagen kin

15 Out of shape 17 Cotton seeders 18 Japanese soup

19 Dull green 20 Cowboy gear

22 Calls it a night

24 Blame 25 Cookie cooks

26 Lone Star nine

29 North Woods animal 31 Zest 32 “Jurassic Park” star 33 Festive quaff

36 Ref’s kin 37 Truce talks 40 Climbing plant 41 Aurora, to Plato 42 Roman moralist 43 Sourdough 45 Praises loudly 47 Dressing gown

48 Bud

51 Tide over 52 Slips by 54 Timeless 58 Entice 59 Sphagnum moss 61 Gutter site 62 Expensive fur

63 Titled man 64 — one’s wheels 65 Angled a nail

66 Kind of ranch

67 Get smart with

DOWN

1 Work units 2 Canter or trot

3 Diarist — Frank 4 Misrepresent

5 Noted 6 Completely wrecks

7 Koch and Wynn 8 Designer label

9 Sales reps’ goals 10 Different 11 “Like a house —” 12 Coral reef explorer

16 D’urberville girl

21 Meddle 23 Durable wood 26 Winter woe

27 Type of wrestler 28 Sugar amts. 29 Dissolves 30 Layered cookie 32 Confound it!

33 Mexican lad

34 Type of mitt

35 Pita sandwich 38 Extreme 39 Photographer’s request 44 Charm 45 Fall 46 Ejected 47 Kind of drum 48 Movie locales

49 Kilt feature 50 Macho sort 51 Perceived 53 Wasted no time 55 Cabbage variety 56 Hertz competitor 57 Spyglass part

60 Water, in Montreal