Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Blackjack, in Britain Flat boats Drawer handle Mighty Dog rival Rabbi’s reading Knotlike mass Line of stitches Not sensible Verdi opera Delegates Passed by Unit of energy Counselor Ultraviolet opposite Baseball stat. Pool hall item Units of length Snake plate Idyllic spot Bond-buyer’s concern “Fish Magic” artist Fleur- — - — Cypress growths Acorn bearer Magna — laude Residents Gulf state “Norma —” Period of little or no growth Viewpoints German import Painter’s garb Put to flight Bank holding New Zealander Napoleon’s island Consumer gds. White-faced Faculty head 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 30 31 32 34 38 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 52 55 56 57 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DOWN 1 Home, to Jose 2 Cheers for

toreros 3 Whirlpool locales 4 More cozy 5 Swimming hazard 6 Fakes out 7 Zoologists’

mouths 8 Ebbed 9 Postpone 10 Hiker’s bag 11 Racket 12 More peculiar 13 Necklace part 21 Overcast 23 Opens the window 25 Book appendixes 26 Treated a sprain 27 Undressed 28 Have a hunch 29 Composer — Satie 33 Lots and lots 35 Burn soother 36 Tragic monarch 37 Cartoon shrieks 39 Tobacco

component 41 Soft leather 44 Certain beyond

question 46 Sharp blow 49 Swamp vapor 51 Ogled 52 Liquid 53 Puts cargo on board “The Black Tulip” author Date source Ranch segment Nat “King” — Big horn Laurel or Kenton Awesome! 54 56 57 58 59 60 63