UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE 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-the-roof 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