TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Getting close 5 Hang s back 9 F oretelling 13 Shrink’ s reply (2 wds.) 14 E xcuse me! 15 R oad rally 16 Mort gage,

e.g. 17 C onjurer’s first word? 18 Po stkindergarten 19 W ay to the top? 21 Mo vie-lot

locale 22 Liv erpool poky 23 Whit e wader 25 Whom Zeus visited as a swan 27 Night light 31 P raying — 35 Ea ger 36 Clingy fabric 38 D o chestnuts 39 Eins tein’s hometown 40 Her o’s horse 42 P asture murmur 43 Sherp a’s land 46 Gambling stake 47 W ild tusker 48 Mor e pale 50 Air Supply’s genre (2 wds.) 52 P repare a shotgun 54 Phar aoh’s

river 55 Burlap fiber 58 Ott oman ruler, once 60 L ocust tree 64 Out of range 65 Sink 67 F amily men 68 Thank you, in Kyoto 69 Lik e helium 70 Tiring expedition 71 NFL broadcaster 72 P refix for

“trillion” 73 Bad actors

DOWN

1 Ment al power 2 Thr ee oceans touch it 3 Mar sh grass 4 P atching up 5 L ondon lav 6 Flight routes 7 Thin porridge 8 W ord with solar or nervous 9 Kit chen herb 10 A ctress — Powers 11 P arrot 12 Mr . Diamond 14 Horr or-film sounds 20 Sub side 24 Y uletide figure 26 — es Salaam 27 — Kea volcano 28 St ares rudely 29 Pe p 30 D emeanors 32 F orbidden 33 Abr aham’s son 34 — raving mad 37 W yoming range 41 R ebellious 44 Pilot’ s flap 45 A ugust kid, maybe 47 S cope 49 Animal in a warren 51 Bes t medicine? 53 C olonial diplomat Silas — 55 Gr een mineral 56 F oreign

visitors? 57 P ack firmly 59 North Sea tributary 61 Dear, in Italy 62 F ootnote word 63 Grills , maybe 66 R ollover subj.