Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 One of the alkali
metals
10 Enjoy a meal,
with “down” 14 Lacking taste,
say
16 Yul’s “Solomon and Sheba” co-star
17 Where fajitas
may be seen 18 Senior suffix 19 Ability
20 Breaks down 22 Big extinct bird 23 “Frozen”
snowman 26 Chem lab
substance 28 Casino option 32 Exercise apparel 33 Out of control 34 Increase 36 Fungal rye
disease
37 Wheel part 38 Attack, as with
questions
40 Org. monitoring
gas prices 41 Pram occupant’s
diaper
43 __ lily: Utah state
flower
44 W.E.B. Du Bois’ Tennessee alma mater
45 Looks of
contempt 47 Maker of Contadina products 49 Shakespeare’s
fairy queen 51 Evening in Paris 52 Dedicatory lines 53 Wings with rooms 55 __ fog
59 Outer layer 61 1963 Johnny
Thunder hit 64 Footwear for the
stealthy, maybe 65 “Where’s
everyone else?” 66 Originate
67 Like some eggs
DOWN
1 With 31-Down, finalizes, in publishing 2 Short race 3 Approach the
gate, perhaps 4 Wrestling
maneuver 5 Blanche’s sister, in a Williams play
6 Number before
Number? 7 Belief suffix 8 Pickup cousins,
briefly 9 Inconsequential 10 Movie SFX 11 Request before
reaching 21? 12 Savory baked
bread
13 Hung in the
balance
15 Dice, e.g. 21 Shortened a log 24 Ship that encountered Sirens
25 Rural spreads 27 Switz. neighbor 28 Campaigns
rurally
29 “That was so
stupid of me!” 30 Skills
31 See 1-Down
35 Pay
38 Talking Heads lead singer David 39 Cone-like
candy
42 Little veggie 44 Patti Austin album dedicated to a legendary jazz vocalist 46 Frivolous
48 Piercing locale,
perhaps 50 Disinterested 54 Whiskey __ 56 Palindromic
time 57 Grammy
honoree 58 Duel tool
60 Mil. decoration 62 With “fix,” it
describes itself 63 Land’s end?