TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ballpark event 6 Lyric poems 10 Client mtg. 14 Like an acrobat 15 Europe-Asia range 16 Metal strand 17 Sparkling 18 Not plentiful 19 Gives the pink slip

20 AKC word 22 Gloomiest 24 Win at rummy 26 Sales pitches 27 Solemnly 31 Fed. tax agency 32 Had a cough 33 Lounges around 36 Peat source 39 Rich source 40 Diver’s hazard 41 Stay near the shore 42 Airport info 43 Metallic sounds 44 Rustic digs 45 Family mem. 46 Flood 48 Nook or cranny 51 Mexican Mrs. 52 Narrowing down

54 Of the eyes 59 “This must weigh — —!” 60 Contemptible 62 Jack

63 Far East staple 64 Early garden? 65 Citrus trees 66 Aahs’ companions 67 Gets the picture 68 Demand

DOWN

1 Cope with 2 Stare rudely 3 Bearing 4 Gusto 5 Broke a promise 6 Royal pronoun 7 Faded 8 Some peers 9 Drowsily 10 Rises 11 Computer image bit 12 Use a steam iron

13 Dry run 21 Diamond — 23 Televises 25 Parachute material 27 Tempest 28 Street disorder 29 TV’s Hawkeye 30 Geese formation 34 Assoc. 35 Holds up 36 Baseball’s — Ruth 37 Norse deity 38 Polite bloke 40 Written messages 41 Series of battles 43 Boat berth 44 Pop 45 Public tiffs 47 Spanish gold 48 Math term 49 Geologic period 50 Rudely sarcastic 52 Kahuna’s spud 53 High spirits 55 Server operating system 56 Tibetan monk 57 With, to Maurice 58 Stop working 61 Naval off.