Crossword

ACROSS

1 Jokes 5 Shade for a pool 9 Start of a familiar

series 14 Brown shade 15 Shoot the curl,

perhaps 16 Copy 17 Litter in an abandoned library? 20 Cross product 21 Helping hand 22 Green around

the gills 23 Nice thing to steal 25 Harbinger of

spring 27 Turkey’s place, for

the most part 31 Imaginary nuclear

facility? 35 Places to get

stuck 36 Wield, as force 37 ’ 50s political

initials 38 Te-__ cigars 39 WWII aircraft carrier known as the “Mighty Stinger” 41 Sushi fish 42 Carmelo

Anthony’s org. 43 With 67-Across, museumgoer’s musing 44 “What a ride!” 45 Singles among

the Pringles? 49 “Symphony in

Black” artist 50 Amount past due? 51 Square or level 52 Wanted-poster letters 54 Strikes (out) 55 2008 BCS football

champs 58 Bread seen while finding theater seats? 64 Bread in a deli 65 Make

concessions 66 Art store stock 67 See 43-Across 68 Win over 69 Sport

DOWN

1 Laminaria, for one 2 Slush Puppie

maker 3 Showed concern for someone’s health? 4 Durango, e.g. 5 Umbrian birthplace of two saints 6 Pounds in

Plymouth 7 Kitchen server 8 “To the rear,

Admiral!” 9 Skating maneuver 10 Utter chaos 11 Unlikely classification term for 25Down 12 Novelist John __

Passos 13 Dept. phone no. 18 All-Star side 19 It’s quarry 24 Former U.S. Border Patrol gp. 25 Libation poohpoohed by some 26 Discomfort 28 Golf ball-on-aslope challenge 29 Irreversibly

committed 30 Astaire and

Simpson 31 Derby winner’s

move 32 Like some medical punctures 33 Trojan War sage 34 Longtime sponsor in NASCAR events 39 Latin “where” 40 It’s usually not made in the shade 44 “__ said so?” 46 Doctor, ideally 47 Main squeeze 48 Mozart’s

“__ fan tutte” 53 Skirt often worn with ghillie brogues 54 TV ally of

Hercules 56 Ward with awards 57 WWII power 58 Good squeeze

result, for short 59 Muffin morsel 60 JFK alternative 61 “Dinner and a

Movie” channel 62 Cut down 63 Farm female