4 I UEI~4 IF ill U ACROSS 1 Succinct 6 Steaks and burgers 10 "The hottest spot north of Havana," in a Manilow song 14 GPA-boosting course 15 _ avis 16 Soon, to the bard 17 Album cover information 19 Took to court 20 Pay for a hand 21 Approves, briefly 22 Winding 24 TV warrior princess 26 _ Bator, Mongolia 27 Slightest uncertainty 33 Does laps in a pool 34 Man-to-man defense alternative 35 Vintage auto 36 Milliner's stock 37 Rub off the board 39 To the _:fully 40 Avian Australian 41 Controversial orchard spray 42 All-vowels song refrain 43 2008 Brooke Shields series 47 Theater section 48 Engrave, in a way 49 Deli cold cut 52 Angelico's title 53 Toad feature 57 And others, for short 58 White zinfandels, e.g. 61 Mambo king Puente 62 Stow on board 63 Madison Square Garden, e.g. 64 Goblet part 65 Swirling current 66 Waste conduit under the street DOWN 1 Composer Bartok 2 Parade spoiler 3 " It Romantic?" 4 Tests by optometrists 5 Distant 6 Longtime "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom 7 Ingests 8 Before, in verse 9 Life in it is exciting but dangerous 10 Gambler's milieu 11 Burden 12 Versifier 13 Raggedy doll 18 Taboo 23 Walk in ankle- deep water 25 Both Begleys 26 Sci-fi ships 27 Hindu guru 28 Asked boldly, as for money 29 Arkansas's _ Mountains 30 One of the archangels 31 Contradict 32 Dog on the Yellow Brick Road 33 Author Silverstein 37 Meeting all the requirements 38 100-yard dash, e.g. 39 Lofty circus act locale 41 Elemental unit 42 SASE, e.g. 44 Zigzag skiing event 45 Montana's had a "16" on it ,46 The Beehive State 49 Complete collections 50 Going : squabbling 51 Tardy 52 Wabbit hunter Elmer 54 Once again 55 Descartes or Russo 56 Former Russian ruler 59 Young man 60 Used to be C ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: O D A Y D E C C A B L A B R E F I R A T E D R O N A B A R N B U R N E R O D O R S F O Ei N S E L N I N O B E D S K N O X S MA RT S P L A Y B A C K T O D O S P A U L O P E N A R O W S O R T S M A L A K A R N A L T E A B C T V E Y E B A L L S C L E E S E AEWBAY S U E R B A R G E D B AR R A G O T R I G BABY BOO M E R E T T E A BAS E M I R E N E A R R E S O D G E E S xwordeditor@aol.com 1r2 14~t- 17~t 3 4 s 6 7 8 90 6 12 I 28 40- 43 24 25 26 29 34 41 42 144 4s 46 47 48 s2 s3 I I I I 54 I- I- I"' 57 61 64 58 59 60 62 63 65 66 F F By Donna S. Levin (c)2008 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 06/16/08