TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lacking panache 5 Cut a wide — 10 Biggers’ sleuth 14 Moreno or Rudner 15 Mawkish

16 Roll-call yell 17 Shortly

18 Mindful

19 Low-fat spread 20 Grammar class 22 Frosty, for one 24 Mind reader’s gift 25 — with (took action) 26 Target (hyph.) 30 Clock fronts 34 Greek letter 35 Maiden-name indicator

36 Leno or Letterman 37 Least rigid

40 Daunt

42 Barracuda habitat 43 Previous to 44 Startled cry 45 Dependents 46 Really dislikes 49 Waterfowl 52 Beret 53 Shipwreck, maybe 56 Pack animals 60 Jai —

61 Maurice’s thanks 64 Asian desert 65 Horse controller 66 Yummy pie 67 Corsica neighbor 68 Freighter hazard 69 Jargon

70 Coal deposit

DOWN

1 Declare boastfully 2 Queue

3 Nefertiti’s god 4 “Messiah” composer 5 Whets

6 Exclamation of surprise 7 Police-blotter info 8 Brief

9 Scavenging animal 10 Chuck-wagon call 11 Ship’s wheel

12 Kind of rug

13 Light in a tube 21 19th letter

23 Of yore

25 Joey or Kiki 26 Further down

27 City near Syracuse 28 Weaker, as an excuse 29 So far

31 Range sizes

32 Quay

33 Tries to locate 38 Spanking

39 Come later 40 “Where Eagles Dare”

actress

41 Robin’s offspring 43 Sullivan and Murrow 47 O’Hara’s “— Joey” 48 PR concerns

50 Free tickets

51 Bow down 53 Costume

54 Not into the wind 55 Fox’s abode

57 Lawn pest 58 “Fernando” band 59 Yul’s film realm 62 Electronics mfr. 63 Dismiss