Today’s crossword

ACROSS 1 Hearth dust 4 Snapple’s __

Madness 9 Jet black 14 Shade of green 15 Exemplary 16 “Irma la __” 17 Flock member 18 Intimate 19 Trailing 20 Provence pronoun 21 Structures with

many layers? 23 “My Antonia” novelist 25 To some degree 28 Situation before a two-run homer “Barnaby Jones” star Lilly of pharmaceuticals 33 Hardly talkative 34 Strange: Pref. 35 Take down __ 36 Like a shady boulevard ... and like this puzzle, in terms of its 12 border answers 39 Long-jawed fish 42 Order in the court 43 “Happy Pills”

singer Jones 47 Game with Skip cards 48 Lavish affairs 49 Ambition 50 Ally in a TV

courtroom 52 Payment for a return 53 Brunch cookware item Like mil. volunteers “MacGyver” actor Dana 60 Get (a ship) ready

to sail again 61 __-pitch softball 62 Second of 13 popes 63 “You beat me” 64 Gumshoe 65 Syrup type 66 __ Rapids, Iowa 67 C&W’s __ Ridge Boys 29 32 57 58

DOWN 1 Jam fruit 2 Maritime route 3 Wheel-spinning

rodent 4 Author of “Hawaii,”

“Alaska,” and “Texas” 5 Psychologist Alfred 6 Lamp gas 7 Cut that may need

stitches 8 Parkay, say 9 New Jersey township named for an inventor 10 Silly blunder 11 Walk faster than 12 PX shopper 13 Robin Hood’s

bow wood 22 Try to tempt with 24 Party throwers 26 “Hip, hip, Jorge!” 27 Cookie fruit 29 Wield 30 Prove otherwise 31 Piques 35 Beautify 37 “The Seven Year Itch”

actor Tom 38 Jeopardize 39 Trident, e.g. 40 Anti-apartheid org. 41 1987 title lawenforcing cyborg 44 Meets, as a challenge 45 “Anne of Green

Gables” community 46 Poison drunk by

Socrates 48 Spenser’s “The __

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Graduate Level

4. To change your opinion completely in a way that annoys people. 5. The principles on which a political party makes its appeal to the public. 6. A type of poisonous snake.

Ph.D. Level

7. A marked accent, especially Irish or Scottish. 8. Objects that act as obstructions. 51 Online letter 52 Mrs. Gorbachev 54 Old Norse explorer 55 Marketing leader? 56 Nudge 58 Common street name 59 Pastoral expanse 9. The end of the wing of a bird or an airplane.

Answers:

1. Pump. 2. Mule. 3. Loafer. 4. Flip-flop. 5. Platform. 6. Moccasin. 7. Brogue. 8. Clogs. 9. Wingtip.