TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Cool 6 Hawthorne’s town 11 Doctrine 14 Gold or silver

15 Fill with happiness 16 Lion’s quarry

17 Ms. Labelle 18 Softens 19 Diamond -20 Stubborn dirt

22 Free play 24 Cochise and Geronimo 28 Hoagies 29 Parcels out 30 North Woods animal

32 Kojak’s lack

33 Export or import

35 Gets hitched 39 Sweater letters 40 Fasten 41 Connery of “Dr. No”

42 He loved Lucy 43 Meaning 45 Ricelike pasta

46 Lock up 48 More risky 50 Rove in quest for plunder 53 Murkiest 54 Unpaid 55 Florida port 57 Youngster 58 Specter 60 Soft leather 65 Be very frugal 66 Moderator 67 Spurred on 68 “-- Girls” 69 Gave medicine 70 Displays

DOWN

1 Current meas.

2 Grassy expanse 3 Old-time slugger Mel -4 Grain morsel

5 Stairway 6 Large trucks 7 An astringent

8 Behind time 9 Paris season 10 Jumbles 11 Snow shelter

12 Shore bird 13 Stubborn sorts 21 Balance 23 Rower’s footwear (2 wds.) 24 Oohed and -25 Shallow dish

26 Rap sheet info 27 Napoleon, for one 28 Weed whacker 30 Orono locale

31 Lyric poems 34 Country addrs.

36 Like a haunted house 37 Stuns 38 Horse’s sound

43 Turf 44 Red-waxed cheese 47 Toted 49 Tall blooms 50 Roadside inn 51 Conscious 52 Takes the bus

53 Took out 55 Comfy shoes 56 Um-hmm (2 wds.) 59 Insurance gp.

61 “Oh, gross!” 62 Pride 63 Beads on grass 64 Publishing execs