THE FRIDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Circle portions

5 Corset feature

9 Rudimentary

14 Island feast

15 Cabbage

16 Manner of treating

17 Brew coffee

18 Gobi's site

19 Sail support

20 Blabs

23 Cartoon exclamation

24 Big Apple

25 Relating to the pelvis

28 Orange cover

31 Edible tuber

35 Become understood

37 Sault ---- Marie

38 Plant sci.

39 Reveal everything

43 Nice summer

44 Born in the ----

45 On the ---- ruin

46 Went lickety-split

48 Forrest of filmdom

50 Lock of hair

51 Telegraph unit

53 Cassini, of fashion

55 Makes public

62 Certain legumes

63 Prepare copy

64 Olden days

66 Out in the open

67 Religious observance

68 See here!

69 Watches over

70 Antlered creature

71 It may be cutting

DOWN

1 Rugged peak

2 Regrets

3 Complain

4 Japanese dish

5 Overcharge

6 Salad chef, perhaps

7 Came to rest

8 Slangy affirmative

9 Bearskin hat

10 Phase or status

11 FDR's mother

12 Dogpatch anti

13 Permits

21 On the up and up

22 Cause to be admired

25 Sea-girt bit of land

26 Deceive

27 ---- alia

29 Moslem faith

30 Utmost degree

32 Domicile

33 Soundly defeats

34 Preminger, et al

36 Not a thing

40 Southeastern Conference sch.

41 Famous

42 Architectural ogre

47 Elizabeth's son

49 Well-mannered

52 Helpers, for short

54 Metric measure

55 Ink stain

56 Reside

57 Seer's words

58 Steer bunch

59 Adams or McClurg

60 Stuff or stamp

61 Tailless amphibian

65 Barely manage (with ''out'')