TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Those who malign

10. Soils composed of sand, silt and clay

15. Plastic film, brand name (2 wds)

16. Cereal killer

17. Accustom to a new environment

18. Musical notation for repeat

19. Change, as a clock 20. Bolivian export

21. Sage

22. Baby’s socklike shoe 24. Adaptable truck, for short

25. Overthrow, e.g.

29. Divine retributions 31. Product quality assur- ance

35. Deception

36. Bypass

37. Balloon filler

38. Doctor Who villainess, with “the”

39. Alliance that includes Ukr.

40. Inflammation of the small intestines

42. Family subdivisions 44. Bond, for one

45. Biochemistry abbr. 46. Check

50. ___ of roses

52. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson

53. Analyze, in a way 58. Choice

59. Buildings’ covered entrances

61. Busy places

62. Visionary persons 63. Lilac, e.g.

64. Plunder

Down

1. Boris Godunov, for one 2. Dash

3. Parentheses, e.g. 4. Broad valley

5. Condo, e.g.

6. Valley (Welsh)

7. A Muse

8. 4:1, e.g.

9. All in

10. Inferior

11. Sundae topper, perhaps 12. Antibody that causes cells to clump together 13. Believer in one god 14. The Rolling ___, band 22. Car accessory

23. Female sheep

25. Having I-strain?

26. Deeply thoughtful 27. Bring up

28. Crumb

30. Winged 32. Masefield play “The Tragedy of ___”

33. Little bird

34. “... ___ he drove out of sight”

38. Fix, in a way

40. Ring bearer, maybe 41. Backstabber

42. Pie charts, e.g.

43. Least cooked

47. Fleet

48. Chip away at

49. ___ throat

51. Call from the flock 53. Bundle

54. Battery contents

55. Santa ___, Calif.

56. Rectangular paving stone

57. “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto)

60. Toni Morrison’s “___ Baby”