Crossword

ACROSS

1 Boot liner

5 Ernie’s Muppet friend

9 Newer pipes

12 State firmly

13 Commuter’s home

15 Slammer

16 Yield, as territory

17 Spirit in a bottle

18 1977 whale movie

19 Units of energy

20 Finish the cupcakes

21 Exploited to the max

23 Wyoming range

25 Round dwelling

26 Records

27 Implore

30 Food processor setting

33 Hay bundle

34 Go-getter

36 “So!”

37 West Indies music

40 Prism maker

41 Mongrel

43 Gets the picture

44 Usher’s beat

46 Actress — Locklear

48 Watchdog’s warning

49 Swing a scythe

50 Lay by the pool

53 Miniature chicken

56 Punch

57 Chair-back piece

59 Ayla’s creator Jean —

60 Click “send”

62 Earthenware jar

63 Donkey’s cry

64 Noted Italian poet

65 Lay down cards

66 Keep an — to the ground

67 D’Urberville girl

68 “Orinoco Flow” singer

DOWN

1 Makeup target

2 Turn inside out

3 Flowerpot spot

4 Sawhorse

5 Gets underway

6 Suits, so to speak

7 Viking letter

8 Cycle starter

9 Gear position

10 Bad habit

11 Sheathed with metal

14 Confounds

15 Jarred

22 Intense anger

24 Fuel cartel

25 Sharp barks

27 Pain reliever brand

28 Gear teeth

29 Dressy shoe

30 “The Office”

character

31 Nope (hyph.)

32 Room price

33 Censor

35 Beluga

delicacy

38 Feeling unworthy

39 Skiff movers

42 Sharply

45 Trying

47 Mild beverage

48 Attic ends

50 Fishing lures

51 Glasgow or Burstyn

52 Dawdle

53 Movie pig

54 Subtle emanation

55 Approach

56 Miss Marple of whodunits

58 Dramatic intro (hyph.)

61 Floor pad