TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Takes care of

6 Lucy Lawless

role

10 Give medicine

14 Expect

15 Strong metal

16 Architects’ wings 17 — firma

18 Flower container 19 Spot on a radar

screen

20 Cold place

22 Rashness

24 Add to a

soundtrack

26 Fishing boats

27 Ball dropper

31 Bridal notice

word

32 Excessive

interest

33 Peak

36 Paddock

youngster

40 Pepperoni seller 41 Pilots’ place

42 Atlas dot

43 Remnant

44 Eavesdrop

45 Bay

46 Medical grp.

48 Truckers’ loads

(var.)

50 Received

53 Idle chatter

54 Kind of guidance 56 Approach the

summit

61 Physiologist —

Pavlov

62 Jungle warning 64 Rock ‘n’ roll

classic

65 Football’s —

Rozelle

66 Give off, as rays 67 Penobscot River

locale 68 Husky’s burden 69 Colleen’s home 70 ATM key

DOWN

1 Cheerio! (hyph.)

2 Pitcher with a wide spout

3 DEA operative 4 Gossip, slangily 5 Prudishly

6 VII doubled

7 QED part

8 Snooped around

9 Windflowers 10 Interrogation

after a mission 11 Dragon of

puppetry

12 Skirt vents

13 Glimpse

21 Stage prompt 23 Before now

25 Reduce speed 27 Bugs Bunny and

Elmer —

28 Consumer

29 Balky one

30 Make lighter

34 Government org. 35 Softheartedness 37 Scandinavian

city 38 Helm position 39 Sanctions

41 Closet item

45 Trying

47 Part of MST 49 Bond rating

50 Chair’s mallet 51 Sound off

52 Judd of country

music

54 Domino dots 55 Cougar’s

home

57 Plaid wearers 58 Revise

59 Less than 10 60 Venison

63 Tpk.