CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 African currency 5 Tater __ 9 U.K. equivalent of an Oscar 14 Burnt toast indicator 15 Heroic poetry 16 Noble objective 17 Compressed “Blue Suede Shoes” as sung by Elvis? 19 Make happen 20 Imply 21 Compressed syntax topic? 22 Ecol., e.g. 25 Traitor 26 Canal locale 27 Emerson’s “jealous mistress” 28 Compressed piece of hardware? 32 Nordic counterpart 33 Heat source 34 Judgment concern 37 Nothing, in Nice 38 On the other hand 39 Salinger title character with professional singing aspirations 40 Creative singing style 41 Home sick, say 42 Perfumery compound 44 Compressed Homeland Security role? 47 “That’s awful!” 49 Lush 50 Tiebreakers, briefly 51 Old anti-Union gp.

52 Compressed carnivore? 54 Manuscript marks 56 Austrian composer Berg 57 Compressed gastric complaints? 61 Author known for teddy bear stories 62 Amos at the piano 63 The last Mrs. Chaplin 64 Latin clarifier 65 Smart answer, sometimes 66 Terrible time

DOWN

1 Elephant predator of myth 2 Brouhaha 3 Scorpio mo. 4 Remnant 5 Willed? 6 Sleep inducer 7 Binge 8 Identity thief’s target: Abbr. 9 Crescent-shaped 10 Purim month 11 Like a Middle Ages social system 12 It’s a stunner 13 It may be red 18 “Friends” episode, now 21 Knock ’em dead at the jazz club 22 Lasting marks 23 Infant illness 24 Like high-level treason 26 Put out 29 It’s spotted in Westerns 30 Way to go 31 “Drink __”: 2014 Luke Bryan #1 country hit 35 Gather 36 1965 march site 38 Target 41 __ about 42 Diana’s Greek counterpart 43 Spanish seashore 45 Early online forum 46 Chopper parts 47 Savory taste 48 Very cold 53 Beige cousins 54 Portico for Pericles 55 Conan Doyle, for one 57 The CSA’s eleven 58 The sixth W? 59 “Ambient 1: Music for Airports” artist 60 KLM competitor