Daily American Crossword

27 January

Across

1 Smeltery waste
5 Hamburg's river
9 Model material
14 Frankfurter title
15 "__ 18" (Uris novel)
16 Sign of spring
17 Execrable
19 Country singer Griffith
20 __ apso
21 Poverty
23 Tenants
25 Given medicine
26 Pass, as laws
28 Mitterand's successor
31 Sounds of dispproval
34 Hint
36 French singer Piaf
37 Neighbor of Arg.
38 Steered clear of
40 Choice of neckline
41 Kitchen appliance
43 Wagers
44 Bambi, e.g.
45 Threshers' tools
47 Prepare
49 Act surly
51 Crumbled and decayed
55 Most stylish
58 Spelunker's spots
59 Nettles
60 Stupefaction
62 Qum resident
63 IX preceder
64 Approximately
65 Sheriff's symbol

66 Sicilian spouter
67 Tread

Down

1 Strong will?
2 River of forgetfulness
3 Tapestry
4 Brings in
5 Record label inits.
6 Community-service organization
7 Ocean hue
8 Moved carefully
9 Sent into exile
10 Spider, to biologists

11 Hard-hit ball
12 Brief moments
13 Unwarrantied
18 Normandy city
22 One of Grumpy's cohorts
24 Apiece
27 Radio receiver
29 Suit to __
30 "Moonstruck" star
31 Gang land
32 River to the Caspian
33 Deli option
35 Amuse
38 Haile __

39 Jacob's brother
42 Medicinal root
44 Energetic ones
46 __ Lanka
48 Small cubes
50 Split
52 Turn aside
53 Strung out
54 Prevent legally
55 Baby's bed
56 Money in Milan
57 Struck, old-style
61 Pakistani president 1978-88