DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One in a semi

circle? 5 “Peer Gynt”

playwright 10 Chopped-up fare 14 In the style of, on trattoria menus 15 Mount in Exodus 16 Mighty Dog

alternative 17 Links star

McIlroy 18 Court star Borg 19 Spiffy 20 Formal

education 23 “Heidi” author

Johanna 24 Entry before a

password 25 Mil. training

academy 27 Legendary 15-Across climber 31 Hold firm 38 Rent alternative 39 Pasty 40 Quaint quarters 41 Sweets for one’s

sweet 46 “Ah, Wilder

ness!” mother 47 Fifth scale note 48 1950s-’70s TV

heroine 53 Collect 57 Smoker’s superstitious no-no ... and hint to the starts of 20-, 31and 41-Across 59 All-birds comic

strip 61 Matter of fact 62 Big Apple neighborhood above Houston Street 63 New Rochelle

college 64 Reason to wear

shades 65 __ mater 66 Bird’s place 67 Ruhr Valley city 68 Congeal

DOWN

1 Pasta nutrients 2 Hit just over the

infield 3 Judy Jetson’s

brother 4 Fast-food

tycoon 5 Dust jacket ID 6 Delicate piece of

jewelry 7 Bamboozles 8 Country star

Steve 9 Former Candlestick Park NFLer 10 Intimidated, as a

look 11 Protected from

gusts 12 Place to relax 13 On a streak 21 Fourth-down

call 22 Lowers with a

switch 26 Like a dotted

note, in mus. 28 Court filing 29 Kin of -ess 30 Fed. IDs 31 Drink brand with

a lizard logo 32 Bills with Jeffer

son on them 33 “What You

Need” band 34 __Kosh B’gosh 35 “My, my!” 36 Japanese chip

maker 37 Grandson of Eve 42 Homeowner’s

winter option 43 Reaction from a

chicken 44 Rich topsoil 45 Annual refer

ence volume 49 Marsh plant 50 “Captain Phillips”

military group 51 Greek vowels 52 Harden 54 Ring-shaped reef 55 Noodlehead 56 Young pig 57 A whole lot 58 Response to a

sermon 59 Offense 60 Ground breaker