CROSSWORDS

ACROSS: 1- Biscotto flavoring; 6- Grinder; 11- Chinese “way”; 14- Renaissance fiddle; 15- Wear down, physically or emotionally; 16- Tarzan creator’s monogram; 17- Model; 18- Pluck; 19- Understand; 20- Bridal path; 22- Containing lard; 24- 1981 Neil Diamond hit; 28- Faculties; 29- Excrement used as fertilizer; 30- Rush; 32- Biblical land; 33- Shorthand taker; 35- Faithful; 39- Java neighbor; 40- Where ___?; 41- Injury; 42- ___ impasse; 43- Prince Valiant’s wife; 45- “Picnic” playwright; 46- Dam extending across the Nile; 48- Piquancy; 50- Shelter for a dog; 53- Shaggy; 54- ___-foot oil; 55Disdain; 57- Mont Blanc, e.g.; 58- Blessed sound?; 60- Norwegian dramatist; 65- Flight formation; 66- Damp; 67- Connect with; 68- Sounds of hesitation; 69- Vacant; 70Heron, usually white;

DOWN: 1- Jackie’s second; 2- Beatty of “Deliverance”; 3- May ___ excused?; 4Neptune’s domain; 5- Cream cake; 6- Brainy bunch; 7- Hurler Hershiser; 8- Traditional passed-down knowledge; 9- Adj. modifier;

10- Joint; 11- Trials; 12- Aggregate of qualities that make good character; 13Follows orders; 21- Frozen treats; 23Any unnamed object; 24- Low life?; 25Angry with; 26- ___ Gay; 27- Meditative;

28- Box-office letters; 30- Macho guys;

31- Apartment, e.g.; 34- Currency unit in

Western Samoa; 36- Scope; 37- Exhorted;

38- Very hard mineral; 43- Shoe tool; 44Petri dish gelatin; 47- Opening word; 49- Set on fire; 50- Jack; 51- Conger catcher; 52Scruffs; 53- Like tubers; 55- Pack and send;

56- Amount to; 59- Dot follower; 61- Large;

62- Sun. talk; 63- Hot time in Paris; 64- “As if!”;