Crossword

ACROSS

1 Clear as mud

6 Bloodhound’s clue

10 Give a hand

14 Put on guard

15 Teeming

16 London park

17 Clinic staffer

18 Infectious disease

20 Blockades

22 Less strict

23 Mil. rank

24 Explosive letters

25 Hitching post?

29 Cleansed again

34 Came unglued

35 Zeus’ shield

36 Yes

37 Software buyer

38 Sgt. Preston’s beat

39 More than bad

40 High pt.

41 Chafed places

42 — Verdugo

43 Incidentally (3 wds.)

45 Tight

46 Nocturnal predator

47 Fond du —, Wisconsin

48 Seawater

51 Immoral

57 Positionally advantaged

59 Wyoming neighbor

60 All-purpose vehicles

61 Refinery waste

62 Wanderer

63 Take it easy

64 Excess publicity

65 Earth

DOWN

1 Wind indicator

2 Grad

3 Duds

4 — Minor

5 Became known

6 Winter constellation

7 Have dinner

8 Switch positions

9 Family mem.

10 Swindles

11 Wildcat

12 Woodworking tool

13 Late-summer fruit

19 Forearm bones

21 Hairstyling goo

24 Minnesota baseballer

25 Bit of cake

26 Rash

27 Double —

28 Each

29 Type in again

30 Vanities

31 Safe harbor

32 Inspecting

33 Holdup

35 Certain something

38 Dismal cry

39 Bulldogs backer

41 Storm drain

42 Drawing on glass

44 Frank

45 Plopped down

47 Narrow shelf

48 Make indistinct

49 Solar plexus

50 Currier and —

51 Ill-favored

52 Third-quarter tide

53 Temple image

54 Army wear

55 Moby Dick’s foe

56 Prospector’s quest

58 Tool handle wood