Across
1    Twist sharply
6    Fuel
9    Mideastern rulers
14    Sweetie
15    Groove
16    Man-made embankment
17    One doing nothing
18    Author Levin
19    Yet
20    Grassland bird
23    Rod’s partner
24    Plant
25    Everything
26    Wears away
28    Epitome of stubbornness
30    Slide
31    Concrete component
34    Alleged
38    School dances
39    Writer’s implement
40    Rock on a roof
41    One with a burning desire?
43    Ho Chi Minh City
44    Phooey
45    Church seating
46    Abrade
49    Small number
50    Many a Scott Joplin composition
53    Ms. Brockovich
54    Sorrowful
58    Chinese bamboo-eater
60    Negative conjunction
61    Famed fabulist
62    Topic for debate
63    Nocturnal flier
64    Blood vessels
65    Throat-clearing sounds
66    Draft org.
67    Requiem
Down
1    Capricious urges
2    Calgary Stampede, for one
3    Spouse’s relative
4    Require
5    Sandwich at Uncle Nick’s
6    Radiator protector
7    Hearing-related
8    Celebrity
9    Golfer Ernie
10    Hometown of Superman
11    Like the halls of Harvard
12    U. S. Grant foe
13    Vends
21    Mr. Disney
22    Seaweed variety
27    It cuts along the grain
28    It might start: In re:
29    Loosen clothing, in a way
30    Source of solar energy
31    Auditor, perhaps: abbr.
32    Mistake
33    Aug., Sept., etc.
34    Adjust to the right time
35    Droop
36    DDE’s command
37    Cozy retreat
39    Letter addenda
42    Something on a list
43    Stitched
45    Oyster prizes
46    Early photograph color
47    Wreck
48    Part of a washing machine cycle
49    Moves in a current
50    Iconic riveter of World War II
51    “___ came a spider…”
52    Traveler
55    Slaughter of baseball
56    Natural underground chamber
57    Shoe part
59    DDE opponent

From the Aug. 24-30, 2011, issue

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