Today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Scandal suffix 5 Dog of unknown

ancestry

9 One of the

Musketeers 14 Trojan War hero 15 Where the seven “-stan” countries are

16 San __, city SE

of L.A.

17 Bulldoze 18 Mannerly fellow 19 La Scala offering 20 Hospital volunteer named for a feature of their uniform 23 Hindu honorific 26 Huge fan

27 Layer on the farm 28 One of two on a post-wedding vacation

32 Health resort 35 Dreadlocks

wearer

36 Like thoughts you’d rather not share

38 Prepare for

publication 39 Digging tool 41 Gangster’s gal 42 Hurricane or

tornado, often 44 Panfry

45 Solidify

46 Legal bordercrossing spot 49 Cocktail server 50 Ewe’s mate 51 The “S” in CBS:

Abbr.

52 Jackie Gleason catchphrase, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 28- and 46-Across

58 Bolt who bolts 59 Footwear for snow 60 “Oh dear!”

64 Fly like a seagull 65 Hay unit

66 Prefix with gram 67 Sank on the green 68 British WWII gun 69 Adam’s first home

DOWN

1 Long-nosed fish 2 1977 Steely Dan

album

3 Toon devil

4 Suit in a corner

office

5 Title P.I. played by Tom Selleck and Jay Hernandez

6 Did, but not

anymore

7 Wee

8 Ink spots? 9 Ardent fans 10 Easy two-pointer 11 Dickens villain

Uriah

12 Shrek, e.g.

13 Fly at a great

height

21 “The Queen’s Gambit” star __ Taylor-Joy

22 “I did it!” 23 Destroys, as docs 24 Amp toter 25 Demand

29 Jazz great

James 30 Dizzying

paintings

31 Actor Beatty 32 Hog noses 33 Meager 34 Narrow passages between buildings

37 Muscat is its

capital

39 Put away for

later

40 According to 43 Gave birth to 44 Big rig

47 Manny Machado, before becoming a Padre

48 Make plump 49 Reverse of a

hit 45

52 Laurie of

“House” 53 Norway’s capital 54 Haunted house

sound

55 Goes out, as the

tide

56 Just right 57 Sushi bar drink 61 Pot top

62 Pale __ 63 Relative in some

business names