THE FRIDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Make a new hole

6 Green or black

9 Lengthy tales

14 Wipe out

15 Concealed

16 Took

17 Former Celtic great

19 Feed the fire

20 Most reasonable

22 Memo directive

23 Writes back

27 Strangers

29 Carriers

30 Type of pigeon

32 IOU signers

33 Showed concern

34 Choose

37 Wash

38 Aerialist

39 Russian ruler of yore

40 Soap ingredient

41 Rude awakening?

42 Low point, on a ship

43 South American parrots

45 Counts

46 Bursts

48 Rulers

49 Trumpeter Al

50 What an obi ties

53 Do a tailor's job

55 Coma author

60 Poker ploy

61 wife: fish type

62 Upset

63 Fourth down plays

64 Logical abbreviation

65 Main artery

DOWN

1 Bro or sister

2 Pitcher's stat.

3 Patriotic org.

4 Mideast nation: abbr.

5 Spurting springs

6 Dilutes

7 Ireland

8 Increases

9 Draft org.

10 Reach

11 Baseball Hall of Famer since 1968

12 French composer Charles

13 Oozes

18 Prevents

21 Circus performer

23 Coral reef

24 Not a chance!

25 All of Me actor

26 As it

28 Cap

30 Vacuumed debris

31 Utah city

33 Feline weapon

35 Actress Debra

36 Lock

38 Small container

39 Floor covering

41 Tennis shot

42 Tropical shrub

44 Swear to

45 Actor Santoni

46 Pointed

47 Rice dish: var.

48 Clad

51 Turkey neighbor

52 Burrowing animal

54 Legal thing

56 -Magnon

57 Scull

58 Giant great

59 Mauna