TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 Acrobat’s feat 5 Craft knife (hyph.) 10 Pirate’s plunder 14 Jaipur princess 15 Eschew 16 “Murder by Death” actor

17 Shed, as light 18 Dingbat

19 Mme. Gluck of opera 20 Organized info 22 Rode the waves 24 Insect egg case 25 Raw fish dish 27 Lower the

exchange rate 31 Umpire

35 Select few

36 July birthstone 38 Haunches

39 Sister

40 Half the parents 41 Sinbad’s transport 42 Brainstorm 44 Mighty — — oak 45 Greek philosopher 47 Moral

49 Military trim 51 Varieties

53 Fall mo. 54 Pinball palace 57 Most flavorful 62 Wildebeest chaser

63 Small amount 65 Farm structure 66 Monumental 67 More frosty 68 It has rings 69 Cowboy — Autry 70 Poker deck 71 Makes a blouse

DOWN

1 Bedrock’s — Flintstone 2 Mantra chanter 3 Monogram ltr. 4 Rain-on-the-roof sound

5 “Kubla Khan” locale 6 Hertz rival

7 Retina cells

8 Pewter component 9 Long journeys

10 More spooky

11 Eat hastily

12 Pinnacle 13 Incite 21 Reddish-brown color 23 TV band 26 Sophisticated 27 Sturdy material 28 Dodge

29 Creeping plants 30 Eliminated

completely

32 Not urban

33 Act like a ham 34 Orlando attraction 37 Ms. Thurman 40 Irresistible

43 With suspicion 45 Treaty between two

or more countries 46 Musicians of old 48 Lend a hand

50 Hard questions 52 Flight of steps 54 Give — — up (help) 55 Ready to eat 56 Invent, as a phrase 58 More than passed 59 Gael republic

60 Lots and lots

61 Sock tips

64 TV pioneer