Across
1. Apple leftover
5. Concert equipment
9. Grad. school tests
14. The ___, counting time
15. Torah mariner
16. Gets promoted
17. Stallion’s mate
18. “Beetle Bailey” dog
19. “Live ___ ___ Legs”, Pearl Jam album
20. Cry by He-Man, or when removing the third word a statement made by the lucky ones last month
23. Preserve, in a way
24. Letters before DVD
25. Dimness
27. Dylan of the Mets
28. Arid
30. Squared cracker?
32. Kind of action figure, or possible title for one providing juice?
36. Sch. with a bear mascot in Little Rock
37. Decorative pitcher
38. Tail action
39. Kind of agreement
40. “Wheel of Fortune” buy
41. Like G-d
45. Seek a seat
46. Make like Eli
47. Poet’s “before”
48. Davidic song
50. Napoleon in literature, e.g.
51. Wetland
54. 1992 Morgan Freeman movie
58. Color of one of the Avengers
60. Wren or hen
61. Country of conflict on the political stage
62. Kind of church
63. Hodgepodge
64. Foul mood
65. Unpopular name at the moment
66. Seals’ meals
67. Belonging to Chaya, e.g.
Down
1. Rickles or Regan
2. Poker game
3. Played again
4. Day before
5. One more
6. Cocoon exiters
7. Head
8. Factory
9. An unfriendly dog, e.g.
10. Actor Sal
11. Kind of artificial ground
12. Driver’s helper?
13. Common ID
21. Penultimate fairy tale word
22. Shrek, e.g.
26. Region across from Hong Kong
27. Jewish stranger?
28. Ginger cookies
29. Waffle brand
31. Washington locale, with “the”
32. Orchard item
33. Admit
34. A Miramax founder
35. Cobblers’ tools
39. Bonanza find
41. Very much
42. Light antique?
43. Odd folk
44. As a result
49. Coming up
50. Jeopardy
51. Carried by
52. Broadcasting
53. Fellows
55. Cousin of a bassoon
56. Sly trick
57. Abode for Jonah, once
58. Astronaut Grissom
59. Biochemistry abbr.
(Answers, next week)