TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Offensively bold

6 Benefit

11 Affix

14 Indian coin

15 Very small

16 A conjunction

17 Aquatic mammal

18 Banana oil, e.g.

19 — — pickle

20 Talking birds

22 — Downs

(racetrack)

24 Filled out a form

28 Villains’ smiles

29 Typos

30 Untamed

32 Invade

33 Corridors

35 Meryl, in “Out of

Africa”

39 Race place

40 Sun, in Mazatlan

41 Pet shop buy

42 Scrapes by

43 Put in stitches

45 “— — in the Life”

46 Navajo dwelling

48 Natural

50 Show

53 Fought like knights

54 Marry on the run

55 Not moving

57 Bask on the beach

58 Sand mandala

builders

60 Port near Hong

Kong 65 Conclude

66 Watering place

67 “Maria —”

68 Hwys.

69 Oar pin

70 Take malicious

delight

DOWN

1 Buddy

2 Same old routine

3 Pertinent

4 Realize

5 Recluse

6 Change a bill

7 Entry permit

8 Parts of a play

9 Dublin’s loc.

10 Golfer — Ochoa

11 Biscotto flavor

12 Benefactor

13 Ounce fractions

21 Slangy affirmative

23 Large-billed birds

24 Lofty abode

25 Shenanigan

26 Vanity

27 Countess’s title

28 Almost-grads

30 Sent by plane

31 La femme

34 On board ship

36 Mubarak predecessor

37 Banded quartz

38 Typed in

43 PFC boss

44 Name in fashion 47 Nocturnal wildcat

49 Kitchen spice

50 Prevent

51 Veld grazer

52 Where ducks feed 53 Mr. Ventura

55 “— — hungry

I could ...”

56 Fasten permanently

59 Contented sigh

61 Each and every

62 Co. honcho

63 Compilation

64 Feedbag tidbit

ACROSS

1 Curved lines

5 Neither Rep. nor Dem. 8 Employ 12 Shoulder muscle, for short 13 Greek cross 14 Physics bit 15 Couturier Christian 16 Shows disdain for 18 Actress Lansbury 20 Light lunches 21 German

car name 23 Aviv preceder 24 Forensic TV spin-off set in Florida

28 Shrill barks 31 Louvre collection 32 Dele undoers 34 Compete 35 Go by 37 Right of passage 39 Econ. statistic 41 Not even one 42 Breakfast bowlful

45 In a senseless manner 49 Famous Boston dessert 51 Popular

cookie 52 Author

Dinesen 53 Transcript no. 54 Sty cry 55 — -bitty 56 MSN alternative 57 Dorothy’s dog

DOWN

1 “— pinch of salt ...” 2 Check 3 Drain blockage 4 Rill

5 “See you then!” 6 A Bobbsey twin 7 Union payment 8 Biker’s bike 9 Classic horror movie cry 10 Map line 11 911 responders 17 Chow down

19 San— Obispo, CA 22 “That is to say ...” 24 Bottle top 25 Madrid Mrs. 26 “Fantastic!” 27 “You’re on!” 29 Brooch 30 Congeal 33 Antitoxins 36 Furtive 38 “Yeah, sure!” 40 Actress

Dawber 42 Roman 202 43 Formerly,

once 44 Women’s

links org. 46 Half a sextet 47 Fasting

period 48 Music’s Ono 50 Wall St. debut