CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Some kids’ parties 11 Tag word 15 Meteorological record 16 Driving area 17 Can’t imagine 18 Available 19 Longtime Parlophone record label owner 20 Edge 21 Document preparer 23 Roundup line 25 Chicago mayor after Richard 27 Start to cure? 28 Minnesota’s St. __ College 31 “The Munsters” actress Yvonne 33 Supplies site 37 City in southern Egypt 38 Catnip, e. g. 39 Spam, perhaps 41 They sit on pads 42 Flowed furiously 44 Tossed out a number 46 High spirits 48 Provoke 49 __ mother 50 They might be hard to crack 52 Awestruck sort 56 Stars home 58 Caps, say 61 Satisfied sigh 62 Cooking staple, to Rachael Ray 63 City on the Wabash 66 Money- raising option, briefly 67 1998 National Toy Hall of Fame inductee 68 Old Atl. crossers 69 Section DOWN 1 Saharan region 2 Wool source 3 Newsworthy inductee of March 24, 1958 4 … vry summer 5 Elementary camera feature 6 1847 work with the chapter “Life at Loohooloo” 7 Marble characteristic 8 Tribal leader 9 Eggs sometimes served with grits 10 Wrap up 11 Probably not a really good show 12 Joan Rivers’ asset 13 It’s beside the point 14 Touched on 22 Interactive party song 24 Frozen dessert 26 Doesn’t turn away 29 Lionel Richie’s “You __” 30 Inflame 32 Capital east of Khartoum 33 Tracks- covering vehicles 34 Reading material? 35 Church music source 36 Western alliance: Abbr. 40 Edge 43 Manzo of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” 45 It’s usually not a pretty picture 47 Sent packing 51 __ throat 53 Breathing spell 54 All gone 55 “Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief” speaker 57 “The Giver” author Lowry 59 Subject of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish” 60 ’ 80s-’ 90s tennis star Korda 64 Poetic preposition 65 Coat part