today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Metal eaters 6 Amherst sch. 11 Gym iteration 14 — down (silence) 15 Nick of films 16 Livy’s eggs 17 Krishna devotee 18 Baffling question 19 Hibernate 20 Muralist — Rivera 22 Big pitchers 24 Outdoing 28 Putting on airs 29 “Venus” singer 30 Dove or pigeon 32 Ship of 1492 33 Viscous 35 Recedes 39 Settled down 40 Club for GIs 41 Prefix for “trillion” 42 Delicate 43 Bauxite giant 45 It hits hard 46 Picasso’s name 48 Helix

50 The outdoors 53 Dirty linen? 54 Lower in esteem 55 Gets closer 57 Pat on 58 Oak feature 60 Squirrel away 65 Paul Anka’s “— Beso” 66 Undue speed 67 Bygone anesthetic 68 Frat letter 69 Rose pest 70 Iffy attempts

DOWN

1 Hearth residue 2 T’ai — ch’uan 3 Electron loser 4 Defective firework 5 Atelier 6 Dismantle a tent 7 Synthesizer eponym 8 To boot 9 Sault — Marie 10 Untroubled 11 Aaron Copland work 12 Turn inside out 13 Mammy Yokum’s name 21 Quaint lodgings 23 Got tiresome (2 wds.) 24 Venice “street” 25 Town near Madrid 26 Stampede cause 27 Egg-laying mammal 28 Tofu base 30 Kid who rode Diablo 31 Melville title 34 Temporary calm 36 Muttonchops 37 Bramble 38 Venture forth 43 Homer Simpson’s dad

44 Cold — — icicle 47 “Lady Soul” Franklin 49 Shoves 50 D.C. consumer advocate 51 Faze 52 Major no-no 53 Enjoyed 55 Spurt forth 56 Opposed 59 Talk to a beat 61 Giants’ Hall of Famer Mel — 62 “I’ve got it!” 63 Soldier in gray 64 AMA members