CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ACROSS

1 Hearth tool 6 Not naked 10 Sprees 14 Sprightly 15 Watermelon part 16 Urban map 17 Curie daughter 18 Fail to include 19 Wordless actor 20 Changes 22 Tenet 23 Tie’s place 24 Perpetual 26 Spot’s pal 29 Tease in fun 31 Archaeological site 32 Tour grp. 33 Talking bird 34 Rascals 38 Stallone role 40 Band’s booking 42 Set up a fund 43 Balls of yarn 45 Thunder 47 Old French coin 48 Hwys. 49 Up till now 50 Virus 51 Big kerchief 55 Bubbly drink 57 Give spiritual instruction 58 Flooded 63 Cleanse 64 In — (as found) 65 A la — 66 Pointed arch 67 Dangerous March date 68 Mall for Plato 69 Proceed 70 Genuine nuisance 71 Less

DOWN

1 Two of a kind 2 Hideous monster 3 Ukraine’s capital 4 Weather warmer (2 wds.) 5 Singer Della — 6 Bending 7 Sketch 8 Pastis flavor 9 Insect killer 10 U.S. Steel founder (2 wds.) 11 Adjust the tires 12 Third Greek letter 13 Creep forth 21 Gooey 22 Airport fluid 25 Six-pointers 26 Chinchilla and mink 27 Authur Denisen 28 Mosque topper 30 Milk producer 33 Weekday 35 Consumer gds. 36 Destitute 37 Done pool laps 39 Sunflower seeds, e.g. (2 wds.) 41 Is ruined financially (2 wds.) 44 Worker’s no. 46 Scintilla 50 Car repair place 51 Look out —! 52 “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 53 British actor David — 54 In reserve 56 Kind of coffee 59 Sporty trucks 60 Snowball 61 Be, to Henri 62 Treasured 64 Drink slowly