CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Confirm one’s attendance 5 Vow 10 Small brown bird 14 Blunted weapon 15 String ensemble instrument 16 Absolutely the best 17 It replaced the drachma 18 Send, as payment 19 Kind of block 20 Popular Halloween monster 23 Old denial 24 Boots from power 28 Utter confusion 32 Alaska Peninsula native 35 Perfect 36 Hebrew month before Nisan 37 Word between “much” and “late” 38 Rex Harrison film (with “The”) 42 “Haw” partner 43 Marilyn had one on her face 44 Thicket 45 Edge along some mountaintops 48 “Spare tire” sites 49 Gossipmonger 50 Need a doctor’s care 51 Bat man? 59 One twelfth of a foot 62 Cover girl Campbell 63 Astronaut Shepard 64 Deal with tough times 65 “Start eating!” 66 Peeved mood 67 “How shocking!” 68 Long-armed beast 69 Indian wraparound DOWN 1 Underwater obstacle 2 Pony prodder 3 “Psycho” actress Miles 4 Lowly laborer 5 Horror-movie sound 6 Teeny follower? 7 National Mall trees 8 Touched down 9 Learn by ___ (memorize) 10 Waldorf salad ingredient 11 Plaintiff in a 1973 case 12 A connected twin 13 Prefix meaning “new” 21 Positioned oneself to pray 22 Obligation of a sort 25 Ab exercises 26 Many a Chinese person 27 Nocturnal noises 28 Descriptor for Casey 29 Stick 30 Tower of London figures 31 Possesses 32 Make confused 33 Disabled, as a horse 34 Behave humanly, in a saying 36 Bartlett’s byline, briefly 39 End of many riddles 40 Milan’s famed La ___ Opera House 41 Pronoun for Miss Piggy 46 Used acid to create artwork 47 Chinese philosopher ___-tze 48 Electrician’s handiwork 50 FDA pt. 52 Useful menu command for fallible folks 53 Depilatory on store shelves 54 Frat party getup 55 “Mama” of 1960s pop 56 Radius’ comrade-in-arms? 57 Pride’s place? 58 “Social” or “septic” starter 59 Type of tray or cube 60 Yuletide drink 61 Professional no. cruncher