TODAY'S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cowboy meet 6 Rattler’s defense 11 Centurion’s sweet

nothing? 14 Lancaster group 15 Hippodrome 16 Astonished cry 17 “Goodfellas”

actor 18 Kind of ribbon 20 Big bang ltrs. 21 “Bloom County”

penguin 23 Bete — 24 Midwest airport 26 Glided 28 Soft wool 30 Shallow dish 31 Poker stakes 32 Prepare mush

rooms, maybe 33 Finish first 36 More than misled 37 “Oh, for —

sake!” 38 Crow’s-nest cry 39 Explain further 40 European capital 41 Hotel offering 42 Car import 43 Arrange 44 Daydream 47 Brief review 48 Kuwaiti leaders 49 Luxury fur 50 Brownie 53 “Amazing, plus!” 56 Hair-raising 58 Riviera summer 59 Terre — 60 Long lock 61 August kid, maybe 62 Sign up for 63 Nobelist from Egypt

DOWN

1 Absorbed 2 Birds of ill — 3 Not unbiased 4 PC button 5 Canton natives 6 Faint 7 Makes a faux pas 8 Prefix for “classic” 9 Switch positions 10 Tycoon 11 Be in store 12 Ripple pattern 13 Held title to 19 Trellis coverer 22 For 25 Rushed off 26 Detectives’ leads 27 Equine fodder 28 Powers of

Hollywood 29 Oklahoma town 30 Terrace 32 Fill the bill 33 Mewled 34 Slightest trace 35 “Da” opposite 37 Sanskrit dialect 38 Mystique 40 Upscale wheels 41 Places for bulbs 42 Name meaning

“truth” 43 Marsh 44 Defy authority 45 Ham it up 46 Audio partner 47 Choir platform 49 Speechless 51 Louvre’s “Mona

—” 52 Gala 54 Auric’s creator 55 Umpire’s yell 57 Geologic division