TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wild guess 5 Water the plants 9 Argentine dance 14 Faucet hookup 15 Like a desert 16 In plain view 17 Disturb 19 Update a watch 20 Go for the gold 21 Rock concert needs 22 Two score 23 Tightrope walker 25 Ages upon ages 26 Snapshot 27 Level off 30 Wearing vestments 33 1836 battle site 34 2001 to Augustus 36 Harbinger 37 Full of thorns 38 Cabbie’s income 39 Out — — limb 40 Sponged up 41 Knight’s journey 42 Shortstop’s place 44 Mongrel 45 Move little by little 46 Invented word 50 Skirmish 52 Loft locale 53 Actress — Thompson 54 “The Lion King” voice Cheech — 55 City dwellers 57 Put one’s two cents in 58 Take a spill 59 Hamlet 60 Inquired about 61 Inspired poetry 62 Kind of tradition

DOWN

1 Hindu Destroyer 2 Bracer 3 Daisylike plant 4 Nectar gatherer 5 Runway 6 Throw lava 7 Playful bites 8 Insect killer 9 Great Lakes port 10 Reluctant 11 Cozy dwelling 12 Lady Jane — 13 Slugger Mel — 18 Fanatical 22 Sudsy 24 Not closed 25 Veld grazer 27 Wielded 28 Marie’s friend 29 Safe callers 30 Aussie jumper 31 Former Atlanta stadium 32 Edible seed 33 Popular pie 35 Devotee 37 Prolonged attack 38 Pivot 40 Made less narrow 41 Actor Anthony — 43 Tabby 44 Pinkish shades 46 Hawser 47 Church table 48 Ms. Davis of films 49 Palette adjunct 50 Explorers’ needs 51 Composer — Satie 52 Slender wire nail 54 Kiwi’s extinct cousin 55 ET vehicle 56 Courtroom vow (2 wds.)