TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Thick en, as cream 5 Sharp bark 8 L egendary ox 12 Calgary Stampede 14 Earl — Biggers 15 Tiant of baseball 16 Pla y awards 17 Rajah’s consort 18 WWW addresses 19 Plot s 21 Gr oup spirit 23 Fix, as an election 24 Pa rt of NATO 25 9-digit no. 26 D own Under denizen 30 F lower goddess 32 Odd notions 33 Light before sunrise (2 wds.) 37 C orker 38 Jim at the Alamo 39 Chart er 40 Shell- finder’s spot 42 Foreshadowed 43 Flunk s 44 The y come from Dixie 45 Drop — — line 48 Ho sp. workers 49 Sp y org. 50 E xpose 52 W allaby or joey 57 Iffy attempt 58 Cousteau’s islands 60 Burr o alternative 61 T ype of eagle 62 “D a” opposite 63 “The — Sanction” 64 Good buy 65 Ik e’s rank 66 W allet stuffers

DOWN

1 Gat or’s cousin 2 Gr ay wolf 3 W ednesday’s god 4 Y oung adult 5 R oll-call votes 6 C omic-strip prince 7 Y ellow wildflower 8 F og up 9 Mystiques 10 F olding money 11 German steel center 13 Nile god of resurrection 14 Remnant 20 Strive to win 22 P eople eater 24 D ragon puppet 26 L eather punches 27 Nah! (hyph.) 28 A really corny place? 29 Little blue toon 30 A cts servile 31 —— committee 33 Th warts 34 Non-s oap opera 35 Little chirper 36 Jarr ett and Sparks 38 Flashing on and off 41 What the walls have? 42 D arwin’s ship 44 A TM code 45 W as in a brown study 46 — nous 47 I owa commune 49 A utograph site 51 Cain’ s victim 52 Enthusiastic 53 T ouched down 54 Go postal 55 Presage 56 D ory need 59 W ood ash product