TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Acrobat’s feat

5 Craft knife

(hyph.)

10 Pirate’s plunder 14 Jaipur princess 15 Eschew

16 “Murder by

Death” actor

17 Shed, as light

18 Dingbat

19 Mme. Gluck

of opera

20 Organized

info

22 Rode the waves 24 Insect egg case 25 Raw fish dish 27 Lower the

exchange rate 31 Umpire

35 Select few

36 July birthstone 38 Haunches

39 Sister

40 Half the parents 41 Sinbad’s

transport

42 Brainstorm

44 Mighty — — oak 45 Greek

philosopher

47 Moral

49 Military trim

51 Varieties

53 Fall mo.

54 Pinball

palace

57 Most flavorful 62 Wildebeest

chaser

63 Small amount 65 Farm structure 66 Monumental

67 More frosty

68 It has rings

69 Cowboy — Autry 70 Poker deck

71 Makes a blouse DOWN

1 Bedrock’s — Flintstone

2 Mantra chanter 3 Monogram ltr. 4 Rain-on-theroof sound

5 “Kubla Khan” locale

6 Hertz rival

7 Retina cells

8 Pewter component

9 Long journeys 10 More spooky

11 Eat hastily

12 Pinnacle

13 Incite 21 Reddish-brown

color

23 TV band

26 Sophisticated 27 Sturdy

material

28 Dodge

29 Creeping

plants

30 Eliminated

completely

32 Not urban

33 Act like a ham 34 Orlando

attraction

37 Ms. Thurman 40 Irresistible

43 With suspicion 45 Treaty between two or more countries

46 Musicians of old 48 Lend a hand

50 Hard questions 52 Flight of steps 54 Give — — up

(help)

55 Ready to eat

56 Invent, as

a phrase

58 More than

passed

59 Gael republic 60 Lots and lots

61 Sock tips

64 TV pioneer