Today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Quench, as thirst 6 Musical pause 10 Osbourne of

heavy metal 14 Item sold in reams 15 Nevada city 16 London lavs 17 *Dilapidated car 19 Cooked just right 20 __-Z: classic

Camaro

21 Lively Irish dance 22 Discourage 23 Fuel-eating cars 25 Listening organ 27 *Bowling alley’s “start over” device 33 Irregularly

sharp-edged 37 Fiber source 38 Man’s name that’s a green fruit spelled backwards 39 Persistent noise 40 Assures, as a win 41 Personifies 44 Butts, in slang 46 *Unscrupulous 19th-century tycoon

48 Early Olds auto 49 Very excited 54 Anglo-__

58 Mark Harmon

CBS series

60 Bull or ram 61 Tree branch 62 *High-fiber cereal

with dried fruit 64 Jai __: court game 65 Late evening,

informally 66 “Whooping” bird 67 Attention-getting

whisper 68 Bellicose Greek

god

69 Ray Charles’ genre, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

DOWN

1 Parsley or sage

piece

2 With 42-Down, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner in “Marriage Story” 3 Lhasa __: Tibetan

dogs 4 Two-masted

vessel

5 “Tarzan” creator’s

monogram 6 Students’ play

period

7 Sommer of “A

Shot in the Dark” 8 Bony-looking Halloween costume

9 Tyke on a trike 10 Word often seen

before “shoppe” 11 __ suit: ’40s

apparel

12 The “Z” in ZIP

Code

13 Belgian river 18 More than

suggested

22 The “D” in FDA 24 Lode load

26 __ Dhabi

28 1974 pension

plan legislation 29 “What’s __

about?”

30 It measures rpm 31 Curved molding 32 Monster’s loch 33 Taunting cry 34 Rifle range rounds 35 Bee Gees

surname

36 Lump of clay,

say 39 Sophisticated

and charming 42 See 2-Down 43 Angry feeling 44 Body trunks 45 Crazy Eights

cousin

47 Poker strategies 50 Planetary

shadow

51 Cling wrap brand

52 African antelope 53 Huge star in

Cygnus 54 Open-handed hit 55 Is hurting

56 Dec. 25 57 Closing words? 59 Formally commend, as for bravery 62 Cellular

messenger 63 ATM maker