Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Mama’s boy 4 Indian ruler 9 Fire starter 14 Before, in

combos 15 Part of PABA 16 Interlaced 17 Give it the gas 18 Shish — 19 Without

company 20 Century plants 22 Candidate 24 Twig junctures 25 Part human, part

machine 27 Annoying insect 28 Holland export 29 Harvard rival 33 Fills with joy 35 Torn piece 36 Ogled 39 Foot, slangily 40 Posh hotel

lobbies 41 Electrify 44 Soup

ingredient 45 Vaccine 46 Kind of prize 50 Swear to 52 Condor’s abode 53 Least remote 56 Frescoes 57 Sgt. — York 58 Surfer slang 61 Twice LI 62 Argue earnestly 63 Languor 64 Took by the

hand 65 Holds down

a job 66 Gave out cards 67 Before, to

poets DOWN 1 Leaped 2 Crater Lake locale 3 Carson City’s state 4 Does a fall chore 5 ISU location 6 Crane arm 7 Collection of tales 8 Schmoozes with 9 Hindu sage 10 Premium payer 11 Cosmetics brand 12 Actress Russo 13 Patch locale 21 Zoo staffer 23 Switch positions 25 However 26 Seine vista 28 Naughty 30 Special knack 31 Liszt’s “— Preludes” Ben & Jerry rival 32 34 Meadow 35 Earth’s star 36 “CSI” setting 37 When Paris sizzles 38 Age 39 Robbins or Conway 41 Developed fangs 42 Paycheck abbr. 43 Wheel track 45 Peter and Paul 47 Sibyl 48 Slicker 49 Have a domicile 51 Watches over 52 Listen in 53 Ponytail site 54 Miss Cinders of old comics Say it’s so Handle roughly Undivided Molecular biology topic 55 56 59 60