CROSSWORD FOR THURSDAY

ACROSS

1 Widespread

5 Tibia neighbor

10 Winter toy

14 Dye plant

15 Make fit

16 Split

17 Indian princess

18 Like a forest floor

19 Make turbid

20 Decrees

22 Finland's capital

24 Director — Kazan

25 Food fish

26 Spring flower

30 Surgical seam

34 Cry like a crow

37 Meek

39 Salami choice

40 Town near Des Moines

42 Curved nail

44 Failures

45 Wife of Abraham

47 — operandi

49 Came upon

50 “— — of the Worlds”

52 Addition result

54 Born and —

56 Army post

59 Showed great delight

63 Consume

65 Informed about (2 wds.)

66 Dwindle

68 — St. Vincent Millay

69 Actress — Campbell

70 Rice dish

71 Coral formation

72 Summer shirts

73 Artery insert

74 Categorize

DOWN

1 Hard to get

2 Silly

3 Ultimate

4 Draw forth

5 Scots' caps

6 “Much — About Nothing”

7 Hit repeatedly

8 Overturn

9 Engraving tool

10 Streaked

11 Diving bird

12 Actor — Estrada

13 Supermarket section

21 Tight

23 Comfortable

27 Kindled

28 Mosque leader

29 Start of a series

31 E pluribus —

32 Went on horseback

33 Opposite of west

34 Find actors for

35 Baby's nurse, in China

36 “Those — the Days”

38 Extinct bird

41 Surgeon, slangily

43 Enthusiast

46 Mata —

48 Yegg's target

51 Summarizes

53 Romeo and Juliet

55 Ledger entry 57 Bucking-horse sport 58 Radio part 59 Litter's littlest 60 Sword 61 “By —!” 62 — Gribble on “King of the

Hill” 63 Skillful 64 Floating platform 67 Fan- —