Crossword

ACROSS

1 Stiff pleated

collar

5 Wild guess 9 Leave out 14 Ship’s position 15 Slow time 16 Inert gas 17 Troublesome

bug

18 Fashion

magazine 19 Gibe 20 Briefcase 22 Medieval knight 24 Own

25 Food storage

place

26 Cracker go-with 29 Rub out

31 Cook slowly 32 Fibber, plus 33 Talk hoarsely 37 Gore and

Capone 38 Tartness 41 Notch’s shape 42 Japanese clog 44 Harbinger 45 Musical drama 47 Auto-racing

family

49 Towers over 50 Faucet 53 Bagpiper’s wear 54 Oath

56 Holds a grudge 60 Troubadour

instruments 61 Kid

63 Carrie’s “Star

Wars” role 64 Lacking

significance 65 — slaw 66 Frilly 67 Course

finales 68 Believed 69 Scroll holders

DOWN

1 Dust collectors 2 Radius neighbor 3 Hero’s deed 4 Sells for

5 Record protector 6 Evening-gown

fabric

7 Winner’s take 8 Spent unwisely 9 Bit players 10 Pupil

11 Mukluk wearer 12 Generous one 13 Ingress

21 “— la vista!” 23 In reserve 26 Rugged cliff 27 Burrow 28 Part of SEATO 29 Comforter

stuffing

30 Wet forecast 32 Whitewash

component 34 Declare 35 Feudal worker 36 Green veggies 39 Is priced at 40 Cries out

in pain

43 Make larger 46 Knee bone 48 Loud sounds 49 Slimmed down 50 Banana — 51 Dried fruit 52 Wee bits 53 Crustaceans eaten by baleen whales

55 Work with acid 57 In the vicinity of 58 Sharp, repeated sound 59 Voices an

opinion 62 Grievous

affliction