TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS 1 Whining noise 5 Weather system 9 Diva — Gluck

13 Carl Sagan’s “The

Dragons of —” 14 Synthetic fiber 16 Jungle warning 17 Place of exile 18 Enjoy the rink 19 Cheerio! (hyph.) 20 Having a notched edge

22 Kind of housing 24 Pb, on the periodic table 25 Kapow! 26 Crude carriers 29 Updo

32 Famed Madrid museum 33 Departed quickly 34 Potting material 36 Promise to pay 37 Mahogany and teak 38 Mont. neighbor 39 Doesn’t continue 41 Is up for election 42 Signpost info 44 Tern or albatross 46 Chef’s patrons

47 Back muscles 48 Foxes’ digs

49 Display of respect 52 Decision makers 56 Turkish official

57 More uncommon 59 Errant GI

60 — scratch

61 Six-Day War site 62 Verne’s submarine captain

63 Thomas Hardy heroine 64 Some T-shirts

65 Maple or sycamore

DOWN

1 Zorro’s marks 2 Slothful

3 Kan. neighbor 4 Knotty

5 Plantain lilies 6 Annoyed

7 Happy

8 Very warm 9 Apollo’s twin 10 Bread buy

11 First name in spying 12 UAE word

15 Family connections 21 Space preceder 23 Bleacher shout 25 Garden intruders 26 Mayberry moppet 27 Tailors’ needs 28 Summa cum — 29 Golden-haired 30 Curtain material 31 Pillow filler

33 Poker pair 35 Highland miss 37 Journalists

40 Very low bows 42 Kind of van

43 Flash

45 Suitcase 46 Wreckage 48 Apprehension 49 Hatchet handle 50 Hideous monster 51 Electrical units 52 “Artaxerxes” composer 53 Basin companion 54 Chariot race locale 55 Blackthorn 58 Draw a bead on