Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Two semesters 5 Hold off for 10 Make a mess 14 Grease gun target 15 XL

16 Bedroom slipper 17 Smooch

18 Hermit

19 Sir — Guinness 20 Paused

22 Shellfish 24 Retiree’s kitty 25 Dogpatch

diminutive

26 Craft knife (hyph.) 29 Weaken gradually 32 Honshu port

36 Sit on the throne 37 Naval officer 39 21st Greek letter 40 Commotions

41 — voce 42 Trawler’s haul 43 Yang complement 44 Edible root

45 Toll road 46 Longhorn

48 Unit of weight 49 Dress lengths 50 Caesar’s lucky number Cereal plant spike Pleasant Invented

June celebrant Loafer Enticement Domicile Battery post 007’s alma mater Like good cheddar Went steady Check for fingerprints 52

53 57 61 62 64 65 66 67 68

69 70

DOWN

1 Shaggy-haired

oxen

2 Gate

3 Plus

4 Lulls

5 “Wouldn’t

hurt — —”

6 Planks

7 Comic strip prince 8 News article 9 Innsbruck locale 10 Some T-shirts 11 Corker

12 Pamplona shouts 13 Make like a robin 21 Golf instructor 23 Safari sight

26 ER pictures (hyph.) 27 Books inspection 28 High-tech replica 29 Pony’s comment 30 Texas athlete 31 Rock climber’s

spike

33 Orchard pest 34 Tough fabric 35 Nurses’ helpers 37 That senora 38 Figured out 42 Coiled around 44 Bin

47 Dodged, as taxes 49 Ginnie — 51 Achilles’ story 52 Bungled 53 Ottoman title 54 Common amphibian Reputation Ms. Ferber Give up territory Ballet skirt Psyche’s suitor Dimple Place to park 55 56 57 58 59 60 63