TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Clean the deck 5 First-magnitude star 9 Hockey score 13 Long-eared animal 14 Gentler

15 Like breakfast dishes 16 Canned

17 “Going, going, gone” shouter

19 Left

20 Urgent request 21 Pee Wee of baseball 22 Lack of experience 24 Saloon

25 Next planet to Earth 26 Slyest

30 Smooths feathers 33 Is humbled (2 wds.) 34 Guitarist — Wood 35 Monsieur’s wine 36 Frazier foe 37 Summer Games athlete

41 Early evening 44 Pretend

45 Prince Charles’ sister 46 Road map no.

47 Tiny quantity 50 Short stay

53 First course

54 Son of Venus 56 Reachable

58 Get pooped out 59 Coast downhill 60 Raise horses 61 Lanchester of “Bride

of Frankenstein” 62 Stately trees 63 Wagon

64 Colored

DOWN

1 “Jaws” actor Robert — 2 Very pale

3 Rock concert venue

4 Kind of story

5 Secure rooms

6 Sajak or Trebek

7 — — move on! 8 Jackie’s tycoon 9 Brand X

10 Pointed arch 11 Improves, as wine 12 Ancient harp

14 Slacks off 18 Doctorate exams 23 UPS truck 24 Nipped

26 Ashen 27 Memorable times 28 Food fish 29 Irksome one 30 Support 31 Wallpaper unit 32 Popular one-named

singer

33 One, in Munich 35 Wine cask

38 Great numbers 39 Ms. LaBelle 40 Sherbet

41 Made catty

remarks

42 Et, for Hans 43 Canceled out 45 Magic charm 47 Like a judge

48 Poet — Dickinson 49 Scandinavian 50 Bud holder

51 “— do for now” 52 Watch winder

53 — Lee cakes

55 Pore over

57 “30 Rock” airer