Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Appalachian

Trail follower 6 “The Forbidden

City” 11 Throw slowly 14 Word of parting 15 Diving duck 16 Pointed tool 17 Blows the whistle 18 Hall 20 “My gal” of song 21 Stalemated 23 Gray-green

shrubs 24 Jackhammer 26 Snubs 28 Parthenon site 30 In accord (2 wds.) 31 Has to have 32 Customs target 35 — excellence 36 Hazard a guess 37 Close kin 39 Sacred hymn writer Shade-loving plant Regions Warm up Braid Pinafore Unfamiliar Loses brightness — chi ch’uan Recognized as different Throws off heat Cat’s quarry Waken Permission to be absent Mag execs Goes down, on Wall Street Erroneous 42 44 45 46 49 50 51 52 55 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 DOWN 1 Caps or lids 2 Brain wave 3 Plovers 4 Lamprey 5 Country folk 6 Flat 7 Sped off 8 Circulars 9 Clique 10 Getting up 11 Chortle 12 Young screecher 13 Smile upon 19 Lox partner 22 Percent ending 25 Whodunit herring 26 Dwarf 27 Theater section 28 Stat for Greenspan Swing a scythe Wrong 29 30 32 Hard sell, maybe 33 Necessary 34 Musical meter maid All, in combos Belfry dweller Montezuma, for one Borrowed cars Reflexive pronoun Cry of discovery Engine stat San Diego pro Epic of Troy Main points Candy stripers Furniture buy Off-road getabouts Aha! (2 wds.) King, in France She has a habit Drop — — line 36 38 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 51 53 54 56 57 59