TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Roman legion

5 Male hog

9 Grab a cookie

13 Fountain drink

14 Radiant

16 Gross

17 Peaceful

18 Camel relative

19 Swing a scythe

20 Quail 22 Confidential

24 Backspace on a PC

26 Granted a mortgage

27 European capital

30 Zorba portrayer

32 Came up

33 Gloom

34 “Sesame Street” topic

38 Harper or Majors

39 Not as robust

42 Gold, in Peru

43 Weight deduction

45 Impressive vases

46 Spoken

48 Coneshaped tent

50 Schedule

51 Camel country

54 Playing card

56 Infest

58 Part of AMA

62 Arrogant

63 Harshvoiced bird 65 Aachen article

66 Best or Ferber

67 Giving the once-over

68 Metric prefix

69 Lurch

70 Agree with

71 Elmer Fudd, e.g.

DOWN

1 Checkbook no.

2 Bleachers sound

3 Marseilles Ms.

4 Whines

5 Crooner’s tune

6 Leers

7 Crimson Tide st.

8 Easy victory

9 Bliss, to a Buddhist

10 Body of water

11 Go to the rink 12 Promoted

15 Ferocious

21 Concise

23 Solar wind component

25 Horses or zebras

27 Germinated grain

28 Region

29 Go-getter

31 WWW addresses

33 Stable parent 35 Benefit

36 Filth

37 Seltzer

40 Spring a leak

41 Hit the ceiling

44 Lasting forever

47 Easygoing

49 Get wrong

50 Retaliate

51 English Channel port

52 Duck out from under

53 Trawler net

55 Correct a text

57 Opposing votes

59 Breezy greeting

60 Part of A.D.

61 Boxer -Spinks

64 Grandfather clock numeral