TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Knee or elbow

6 Aloe -10 Type of dance

14 Kind of beaver

15 Desktop picture

16 General -Bradley

17 Boutique

18 Midday

19 Rotate

20 Hoarse

22 Huge sum of money

24 Costa del -

25 Ancient

26 South American river

30 Hiker’s tote

34 Conductor’s need

35 Ways

36 Cloister dweller

38 Golden Rule word

39 Henry -Lodge

40 To be, to Balzac

41 Tenth inning cause

42 Letter signoff

43 Spicy dip

44 Pungent cleaner

46 More nimble

47 Farm denizen

48 Water, in Montreal

49 Direct phone linkup

53 Very deep

58 Libretto feature

59 During

61 Endeavored

62 Provide temporarily

63 Linger

64 Plant firmly

65 Sluggish

66 Top performer

67 Harshsounding

DOWN

1 Kid around

2 Promise

3 Operatic prince

4 Rome’s fiddler

5 Wartime offense

6 Upholstery choice

7 Kind of system

8 Housetop

9 Livy’s year

10 Bump against

11 In an offensively bold manner

12 Arrogant

13 Coastal flyer

21 Whole bunch

23 Decomposes

26 Lean against

27 Exaggerated fascination

28 Trying

29 Collection of fauna

30 Hooded snake

31 Fusses

32 Acrobat’s need

33 Caregiver

35 Part of Hawaii

37 Not far away

39 Deliberately mislead

40 Hoop site

42 Hindu mystic

43 Make popping sounds

45 Milord’s spouse

46 -- Bernardino

48 Sea duck

49 Campus building

50 Chocolate cookie

51 Apprehends a suspect

52 Give off, as rays

54 Humorist -- Bombeck

55 Robins’ bills

56 Percolate

57 Swirl around

60 Potato st.