Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Quick to learn 4 Low scores 9 Alternative to

plastic 13 Word to a mule 14 Sound off 15 New York’s

— Island 16 Mysterious 18 Cast a vote 19 Wing it (hyph.) 20 Headlong

flight 22 Dawdles 25 Type of

wrestling 26 Bounds 28 Ship’s kitchen 32 Heats in the

microwave 35 Diamond,

slangily 37 Easily conned 38 Spleen 39 Chanted 41 Fix a seam 42 Implore 44 Drove over the limit Lounges Join, as metal Psyched up Toronto Blue — Refusals Having a pleasant odor Ouija alternative Inbox filler Start Dingbat Angler’s boot Plant sticker Natural resources Heavy rainfall Common ID 45 46 48 50 52 56 60 61 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 DOWN 1 Toward the future 2 Bamboo eater 3 Diagonal pattern 4 Automaton 5 Baseball stat 6 Wharf denizen 7 Singer — Redding 8 Minority groups 9 “The Godfather” director — up (pay) Kind of pearl Jekyll’s other half Order Fish organs Leo mo. Make a salary Catches sight of Extent Sax-playing Simpson Happily — after 10 11 12 15 17 21 23 24 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 39 40 43 45 47 49 51 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 63 64 Evergreens Fastens a parka Guthrie of folk music Rind Work, as clay Perfectly Perimeter Borders on Mulroney of Canada Deli bread Whole Winter storms Swift horses Yoga position Grim Gambler’s town Sultan’s cousin Hamlet or Ophelia Golf course hazard Spud st. Hear clearly