DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1) Weakens, as support 5) Naval Academy newcomer

10) Yemen's Gulf of_

14) Group of shops

15) Sans_ (print font)

16) "I never_ man I didn't like" (Will Rogers)

17) Introduced

20) Begged

21) U.N. body dealing with worker's rights

22) What some people are stuck in

23) Barnyard parent

24) Thin lung membrane 27) Urban pollution problem

29) Honey badger

32) Underwater vessel, for short

33) Cleopatra's biter

36) Rose Bowl Parade site 38) Bad thing to give to a child

41) Makeup component 42) Baden twice

43) It " suits" Santa

44) It brings out the child in you

46) Mascara site 50) On top of that

52) "Mono" cousin

55) Certain little piggie

56) Argentite is one

57) One who instills hostility

60) Be open to learning new things

63) No ifs,_ or buts

64) Broke off

65) Helm position

66) Zap with a weapon 67) Once bitten

68) Nearly unsolvable

DOWN

1) Barbecue leftovers 2) He said, "There's a sucker born every minute"

3) Drunk, in slang

4) Utter unclearly 5) "Don't give me that!" 6) Envelope contents 7) Lake near Niagara Falls 8) Tough thing to be in 9) Small salamander

10) Abundant

11) Frees of lice

12) Airport info, initially 13) Negative vote

18) "Aw" follower

19) Wick holder 24) Mexican coins

25) Ancient inscription 26) Atty.'s organization 28) Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading_"

30) Informal British abbreviation of assent

31)_ Heel (North Carolinian)

34) Adept

35) Kind of colony or code 37) "_ M For Murder"

38) Tournament passes 39) Giant conifers

40) Bird's beak

41) Stat for a pitcher

45) Spoiler or destroyer 47)_thehun

48) Oklahoma football player

49) Did a sheepdog's job 51) Clean the chalkboard 53) Down and out

54) Shoo-_ ( certain winners)

57) "Green Gables" girl 58) A rich supply

59) Baby's nurse, in China 60) Baseball club

61) "Messenger" compound

62) Aquatic shocker