Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Absent 5 Overconfident 9 Cave dwellers 13 Quick letters 15 Yukon,

briefly 16 Eurasian

mountains 17 Billy Goats

Gruff foe 18 Jaipur princess 19 Nerve

network 20 Put on the

payroll 22 Provided staff 24 Before, in

combos 25 Tooth buildup 26 Quickest 30 Here, to Pierre 31 Transparently

clear 32 Idealists 37 Mild Dutch

cheese 38 Ess moldings 40 Lamb’s pen

name 41 Moviemaker 43 Famed fabulist 44 Paris season 45 Con games 47 High-rise units 50 Frequently 51 — Abdul-Jabbar 52 Turn on 57 Sharpen 58 Sorrowful cry 60 Cap brim 61 Mild rejoinder 62 Snug retreat 63 Cafe customer 64 Microscope part 65 Solidifies 66 Jar tops DOWN 1 Gambling stake 2 Wriggler 3 Standing on 4 Football cheer 5 Address part 6 Anthropologist Margaret — Coffee server Makes a face Beyond well-done Basketball venue Spud Malamute’s load Tilted Cen. fractions Pavarotti piece Weary Hightailed it BMW rival Leave a mark Kind of capsule “The,” to Wolfgang 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 32 33 Submissive 34 “Anything —?” 35 Noisy disturbance Weakens gradually Hassocks Leaves Yield by treaty Energetic and vigorous Perches Behind, at sea Sponge Gill or lung Has occasion for Capsize, with “over” Crow’s nest locale Minicontainer — Spumante Nailed obliquely Is mistaken Bruce or Harper 36 38 39 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 56 59