CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Arthur C. Clarke’s genre 6 Hindu prince’s title

10 Give a cursory look 14 Uncontrolled terror

15 Item in a Petri dish 16 Dallas-Austin midpoint 17 Piece of the pie? 19 “The Chalk Garden” writer Bagnold 20 Ornamental tinware 21 Motel’s quainter relative 22 Stand in the way of 24 Acorn, basically 25 Juvenile newt 26 Barflies 27 Prefix for eight 29 Rowing device 30 Caribou skinner’s blade, perhaps 33 Part of a kepi 36 Rare safari sighting, these days

38 Huge pike-like river fish 39 Opening comments, briefly 40 Non-kosher fish 41 It’s one link after another 43 Chewed the fat? 44 “I ___ born yesterday!” 46 Business handouts 47 Sever 48 Denver alternative, for short 49 Oodles 51 Arctic salmon, basically

53 67 degs., 30 mins. 54 Airline whose name means “To The Skies” 58 Globe 60 “Scarface” preceder, maybe 61 Wet, soggy ground 62 La Scala solo, often 63 Number of people present 66 Origami directive 67 Easy way out 68 Assisted 69 Whirlpool effect 70 Strong longings 71 Sword lilies, for short

DOWN

1 BBQ rods 2 Voyageur’s vessel 3 Fireplace (arch.) 4 Stairwell safety precaution 5 Hailstones, essentially 6 Something covering Haida Gwaii 7 Mole, e.g. 8 S. Africa PM ___ Smuts (‘39-48) 9 Skilled crafts person 10 Brushed 11 Sweetener that can’t be beet? 12 LSD, slangily 13 Branching point 18 What one eats

23 Crosby and Hope went here in ‘42 28 Prying aid 29 Crude vessels 31 Stacked bricks 32 Samovars, basically 33 Perfume container 34 “What’s gotten ___ you?” 35 Acquisition from your second marriage, say 37 It’s often over the clutch 42 Venomous letters

45 “So soon?” 50 Scrawny 52 Exhilarating 53 Big name in mail-order catalogues, once 55 Blair of

“The Exorcist” 56 Rainbow-shaped 57 Where Loiners live

58 Out of danger 59 To cattle, it’s shocking 64 Bunion’s site 65 U Thant’s forerunner, ___ Hammarskjold