Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 “Misery” lead 5 Function 9 Groom carefully 14 Earthenware jar 15 Wool suppliers 16 Hawk’s refuge 17 Leave out 18 Pasta choice 20 Japanese mat 22 Hoedown honey 23 Frosted 24 Jargon 26 Clear, as profit 28 Blunter 31 Gridiron pass 35 Nurse’s helper 36 Loan figure 38 Put — (save) 39 Water-power org. 40 From memory

(2 wds.) 42 “The Gold Bug”

author 43 Conical shelter 45 Actress — Heche 46 “The Galloping Gourmet” Temporary Valuable furs HMO staffers Wide Pineapple island Kind of detector Open a letter Beside the point Toy with a tail Rodeo prop — vera Steel ingredient Photocopies Latest word Nautilus skipper 47 49 51 52 53 56 58 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 DOWN 1 Ducklike bird 2 Soprano — Gluck 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Dismounted Nat’s daughter Crude oil processor Have title to Captive’s plea (2 wds.) This, to Pedro Felt boot Enumerates Mr. Clapton Berlin single Shortfall Arm bone Max opposite Kind of cracker “L’—, c’est moi” Page or LuPone Pep up Conform Less fatty Age on the vine Be crazy about 34 37 40 41 44 46 48 50 52 53 54 55 57 59 60 61 63 64 Sly looks Decimal base Capital near Zurich Changes an itinerary Strangest Soft leather Speck on a globe Operate “— Street Blues” Wire thicknesses What the suspicious smell (2 wds.) Bear constellation Terrible czar Limerick locale Unseen particle Onetime late-nighter Part of UCLA Immediately