TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Luggage ID 4 Bamboo muncher 9 Wet, swampy ground 13 Retiree’s kitty

14 Pulpits 15 Snorkeler’s sight 16 Summaries 18 Spoils 19 Competes in a rodeo 20 Ethiopia’s Haile -22 Stock of weapons 25 Beiges 26 Greedy king of myth 28 Longs for 32 Stockholm carrier 35 Cellist -Casals 37 Trapshooting 38 Mountain range near China 40 Assembles 42 On a voyage

43 Hanes competitor 45 Slowdown 47 Take a crack at 48 Sharperedged 50 Danger 52 Valhalla honcho 54 Subsided 58 Lifesize exhibits 62 Jack, in cards

63 Lake Nasser dam 64 Loyal to a country 67 Demeanors 68 “Sesame Street” regu- lar 69 Novelist Umberto -70 Library sound 71 Ravi’s forte 72 Hog’s abode

DOWN

1 Diadem 2 Lattice 3 Huffs and puffs

4 Root vegetable 5 Physicians’ org.

6 Peacock network 7 Speckles 8 Useful thing 9 Greek eggplant dish 10 Pupil’s place 11 Rajah’s spouse 12 Besides these 15 Rubbernecks 17 Be rife with

21 Make a bet 23 Mr. Sandler of “Big Daddy” 24 Sticker 27 Hit the hay 29 Take it easy

30 “Faint heart -- won ...”

31 Court order

32 Polio vaccine inventor 33 Helm position

34 Dry plains shrub 36 Playful mammal 39 Unaware 41 You bet! 44 Four-door models 46 More finicky

49 Tire support

51 TV host Jay -53 Collar sites 55 Takes out 56 Throw out 57 Artificial duck

58 Soggy 59 Cowheaded goddess

60 Has a mortgage 61 Delhi attire

65 Rubblemaker 66 Estuary