Crossword

ACROSS

1 Iffy attempts 6 Ruler of Venice 10 Stir-fry pans 14 Pound division 15 Has the stage

(2 wds.) 16 Maui dance 17 Computer-chip

maker 18 Criticizes

severely 20 Pasture 21 Walk on 23 Helena rival 24 Peered at 26 Tibetan ox 27 Pushed 29 Coercion 34 Accept, as a

check 35 Sherlock

Holmes creator 36 Turn down 37 Decay 38 Thin porridge 39 Cuba, to Castro 40 — Enterprise 41 Baldwin and

Guinness 42 E or O 43 Harden one’s heart (2 wds.) 45 Most appealing 46 Raw metal 47 Kind of bear 48 Kindled anew 51 New Orleans

pro 53 Neckline type 56 Copying 58 Boat made of

skins 60 Gallbladder

contents 61 Plod heavily 62 Wash cycle 63 Kind of poker 64 Racehorse,

slangily 65 Sharpened

DOWN

1 Muddy up 2 Adjust a piano 3 Adversary 4 Prior to yr. 1 5 Effervescent

water 6 Chopped fine 7 Workers’ agcy. 8 Urge on 9 Annapolis grad 10 Small brooms 11 Expel 12 MOMA artist 13 Postpaid encl. 19 Fluff, as hair 22 Wine category 25 Stratford’s river 26 Raise one’s

voice 27 “I don’t know”

gesture 28 Realty listing 29 Kangaroo

feature 30 Bread grains 31 Constant 32 Vexes 33 Glorify 35 Remnant 38 Envelope sealer 39 Kappa preceder 41 Large artery 42 Condor 44 Worked like

a dog 45 Chili — carne 47 Kind of bank 48 Bull Run

fighters 49 Discharge 50 Corker 51 Farm building 52 Erelong 54 Relieve

tension 55 Made do with 57 Recipe amt. 59 Halfway