DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1) Once-_ ( quick appraisals)

6) " 'Tis a pity!"

10) Spherical hairdo

14) Plains roaming grazers 15) Expansive Asian desert 16) Cross the threshold

17) Related maternally

18) "_ your pardon?"

19) Aftleck's Oscar-winner 20) Overstuffed quip (part 1)

23) Beer bash barrel

24) Believer in only one god

27) Relative of " Skoal!"

31) Operatic solo

33) Baby's first word, sometimes

34) Composer of "Bolero" 35) Do a checkout chore 36) Barber's quick cut

37) Overstuffed quip

(part 2)

40) King, to his subject

41) "Sooey!" comeback 42) Human resources person, often

43) Clairvoyant's claim, briefly

44) Chest drawer?

45) Thickets 46) Oar holders

48) To's partner

49) Overstuffed quip (part 3)

56) Popular cookie

58) Iraq's neighbor

59) Deteriorate, as rock or shoreline

60) Bald, as tires

61) Wee salamander

62) Encourage

63) Inappropriately inquisitive

64) Spaces between teeth 65) Flippered performers

DOWN

1) Comply with

2) "In_, veritas" 3) Brother of Jacob, in Genesis

4) Campus military org. 5) In a furtive manner 6) Effect of time

7) Wolf with a gray coat 8) Act as lookout, e.g. 9) Spotting

10) Tequila's origin

11) Outsiders

12) 18-wheeler, e.g.

13) The avant-garde's Yoko

21) Tennis court divider 22) "So that's it!"

25) Evening party

26) Barflies 27) Readied beforehand 28) Hold spellbound

29) Conquers with superior force

30) Dry to the bone, as earth

31) Breezing through, as a test

32) Put in order of significance

35) Much-kicked body part

36) Send, as merchandise 38) Disarranging or disheveling

39) Some shouts of joy 44) Romanian currency 45) Grand_ (wine label words)

47) A few bricks shy of a load

48) Baptism basins

50) " The Sopranos" actress de Matteo

51) Sharp, harsh cry

52) Encourage

53) Attire for Caesar

54) "American_" (TV program)

55) Simple change for a 20

56) Possess

57) Australian hopper, informally