TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Agreement 5 Jaipur princess

9 Chances 13 Remote 15 Deadlocked 16 Completely wreck

17 Drive forward 18 Complain 19 Stoic founder 20 Chronic pessimist 22 Vandal 24 Gibson of “Braveheart” 25 Amy’s sister 26 Compass pt.

27 Kind of melon

31 Sat opposite

33 -- Oyl 34 Irresolute 38 “The Simpsons” bus driver

39 Puts to flight 40 Toledo locale

41 Mardi Gras locale 43 Lettuce 44 Credo 45 Barked 46 Discoverer’s shout 49 Not sociable

50 Bang into 51 Dalmatian, to a firefighter 53 Returned from a trip (2 wds.) 58 Problem with hives 59 Knock -- -loop

61 Moved gingerly 62 Bangkok native 63 Military group 64 Protest songwriter 65 Paretsky or Teasdale 66 Slat

67 Kind of fountain

DOWN

1 Discomfort 2 Diva -Gluck 3 Duplicate 4 Foot parts 5 Refuse to obey

6 State confidently 7 Maiden name indicator

8 Alters in tone 9 Ricelike pasta 10 Recital offerings 11 Enjoys a banquet 12 Disturb a sleeper

14 Like crepe suzettes 21 Fan’s shout 23 Kind of molding 25 Where Valletta is 27 Imperturbable

28 Singing voice

29 In -- (as found)

30 Keep away from

31 Flora and -

32 Sag 34 Sudsy 35 Flapjack franchise 36 African river

37 Spur on 39 True 42 Two-star (hyph.)

43 In a tangle 45 Yang complement 46 Neglects 47 Yoga type 48 A Muppet 50 Moor 52 “Wool” on clay sheep 53 Legal document

54 Puts up alfalfa

55 Nobel Prize city

56 Middle Ages quaff 57 -- Ferber 60 -- -- whim