today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Lover in a play 6 Yokums’ creator 10 Make a tunnel 14 Kitchen enticer 15 Woody’s son 16 River in Asia 17 Hightail it 18 Bikini tops 19 Deficiency 20 Waste maker 21 Wisely 23 Time period 25 Nursery buy 26 Some aircraft 29 Movie workplaces 31 Desert plant 36 Cato’s hello 37 Stir-fry pans 38 High-pH solution 39 Minor clergy 41 Said to be 42 Guarantee 43 Not that 44 Before, to Blake 45 Foundry output 46 Mounted 47 Irritates 48 Go-getter 50 Gesture 52 Be foxier 56 Scottish Highlanders 60 “Mack the Knife” singer 61 Cruising 62 View from Giza 63 What willows do 64 Goose’s call 65 Unqualified 66 Feathered scarves 67 Kitty starter 68 Shortstop Pee Wee —

DOWN

1 Too quick to act 2 Fierce whale 3 Lows 4 Chews the scenery 5 Gene Autry movie 6 Semi parts 7 Retards 8 Carpentry tools 9 Search party 10 Tulip-to-be 11 Grad-school exam 12 Slightly improper 13 Caribou kin 22 Shipboard romances 24 Unaccompanied 26 Green gems 27 Happening 28 Make fun of 30 Approves 32 Mini-guitar 33 Hoopster 34 Work in a store 35 Hospital workers 37 — apart 38 Unfamiliar 40 Prompter’s hint 41 Happy sighs 43 Deluge 46 Think logically 47 Form a thought 49 Insurance center 51 Come to pass 52 Margarine 53 Humerus neighbor 54 Tiny amounts 55 Seize 57 Lo-cal 58 Very, for Pierre 59 Like some losers 60 Recede