Daily American Crossword

24 December

Across

1 Monastic building
6 Open-handed blow
10 Crows' cries
14 Actor Greene
15 Caffeine source
16 Neighbor of Yemen
17 "Band Of Gold" singer Payne
18 Scope
19 Manger visitors
20 __ Dei
21 Tried
23 Sharp ache
25 Be a go-between
26 Tropical fruit
29 Russian emperors
31 Distinguished politician
33 Unwanted messages
37 Clique
38 Loud and rowdy
41 Wood splitter
42 Adolescent
44 Nickname
46 Kick up __
49 Racing boats
50 "Dombey __"
53 "The Chronicles of Clovis" writer
54 Period between wars
57 Eject
61 Trim
62 Double-curved molding
63 Peter of Herman's Hermits
64 Memo starter
65 Norse fire god
66 Greek character

67 Mislaid
68 Mild oath
69 Secluded valleys

Down

1 __ Romeo
2 Court star Bjorn
3 Clip-fed submachine gun
4 Reach, finally
5 Agreeable person?
6 Neck of mutton
7 Plunder
8 Heaps
9 Actress Anderson of "Baywatch"

10 Full extent
11 Italian violin maker
12 Emolument
13 Sneering
22 Atlantis docked with it
24 Cape Canaveral org.
26 Attention-getter
27 Suit to __
28 Head
29 Snacks in shells
30 Snooty one
32 Rumple
34 Hogan or Newman
35 Skater's maneuver
36 Shea Stadium players

39 Bear up?
40 Became ill
43 Coming into being
45 Panzo's master
47 Opponent
48 Incalculable
50 Horrify
51 "Cool!"
52 Moves quickly
53 "Now you __ ..."
55 Composer Stravinsky
56 Big prefix
58 Sci-fi author Frederik
59 Organic compound
60 Not so