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

52 Cereal plant spike

53 Pleasant

57 Invented

61 June celebrant

62 Loafer

64 Enticement

65 Domicile

66 Battery post

67 007’s alma mater

68 Like good cheddar

69 Went steady

70 Check for fingerprints

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

55 Reputation

56 Ms. Ferber

57 Give up territory

58 Ballet skirt

59 Psyche’s suitor

60 Dimple

63 Place to park