Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Before, in combos 5 Handyman’s

supply 10 Canute’s foe 14 Wheedle 15 March follower 16 Just 17 Out in — field 18 Colorful candy 20 Kind of

conservative 22 Go bad 23 White heron 24 Lake Nasser dam 26 Mauna — 27 Gum arabic trees 30 Goes for pizza, say

(2 wds.) 34 Kind of floss 35 Tykes 36 Veld grazer 37 Pops 38 Billy’s mate 40 Monaco’s Grand — 41 Compass dir. 42 Nomad dwelling 43 Strike out 45 Fix the roof 47 Scorns the

manual, perhaps 48 Happy sighs 49 Polite address 50 Kind of physicist 53 Afr. neighbor 54 Surprise win 58 No kidding!

(3 wds.) 61 Modicum 62 Seacoast eagle 63 Chilled (2 wds.) 64 Its HQ is Brussels 65 Aldebaran or

Deneb 66 Large-beaked New

World parrot 67 Pate de foie — DOWN 1 Freedom org. 2 Caroler’s tune 3 William Howard — 4 Pulls out 5 — Mahal 6 Puccini works 7 Synthetic fabric 8 Cheerful tone 9 Devious 10 Bulova rivals 11 Tragic monarch 12 “Rule, Britannia!” composer Oktober ending Borscht veggies Where Hong Kong is Muffin morsels Evening serenader Viper Refrain from Lake Titicaca backdrop 13 19 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 39 40 42 44 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 59 60 L-o-o-n-g time Horrible bosses Merge or marry Formal wear NBA channel — you serious? Soaking raisins Lout Hairy twin Pantry Musical gourd — to my ears Nay opposites Arrange Salad fish Long-active volcano Gliders do it Soul singer — James Art colony town — de plume Evergreen