CROSSWORD FOR THURSDAY
ACROSS
1 Capricorn 5 Ease of mind 10 — de vivre 14 Groundless 15 Stadium fixture 16 Bear in the sky 17 Cameo, maybe 18 Subatomic particles 19 Fountain fare 20 Boat-repair place (2 wds.) 22 Makes possible 24 The Plastic — Band 25 Leather punch 26 They’re on top of things 30 Place with a bird’s-eye view 34 Canute’s foe 35 Alcove 37 Surrealist painter 38 Elev. 39 Robert Burns’ “— — Mouse” 40 Dangerous current 41 Manner 43 Dings a door 45 Bay 46 Mexican shawl 48 Feel the heat 50 Playing marble 51 Oklahoma town 52 Spanish coins 56 Lacking stimulating qualities 60 Lie adjacent 61 Thud 63 Nursery-rhyme trio 64 Mixer for rum 65 Roomy 66 Sufficient, in verse 67 Tight-fitting 68 Hearth residue 69 Karate levels
DOWN
1 Encircle 2 Fragrance 3 Join forces 4 Hot under the collar (2 wds.) 5 Movie treat 6 Mr. Satie 7 Way back when 8 Sugar source 9 Trap 10 All mixed up 11 Kind of tradition 12 Speck on a globe 13 Packs it away 21 Wallet stuffer 23 Dazzle 26 Prowls around 27 Kukla’s friend 28 Shoot-’em-up 29 Venues 30 — the ticket! 31 Ouija alternative 32 Popeye’s girl 33 Hamelin visitor 36 Against 42 Convention sticker 43 Fiasco 44 More posh 45 Staked out 47 Quarry 49 Magazine execs 52 Felt boots 53 Black, to Donne 54 George Takei character 55 Criticize 56 “Picnic” author 57 — colada 58 PC screen image 59 Flower droplets 62 Scepter’s go-with