Today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Chums

5 Lacks the ability

to

9 Not spicy, as

wings

13 On the Pacific 14 China’s continent 15 Potato-prep

kitchen tool 16 *Metaphorical tablet for the overly nervous 18 Ancient Greek

theater

19 Sailors’ yeses 20 Trinidadian music

genre

22 Batman’s butler 25 Buyer’s opposite 26 Fishing boat 27 Actress Pinkett

Smith

28 Troubles 31 Trouble

32 Sacred

34 C.S. Lewis’

fantasy world 36 Mimic 37 *Flattering

deception 39 Disney collectible 40 Do a city

planner’s job 42 Farm cluckers 43 “Bambi” doe 44 Biblical garden

site

45 Riyadh resident 47 Played for a sap 48 Influential

moneybags 50 Tousles, as hair 52 Old-fashioned, close-fitting undergarments 54 Diamond Head’s

island

55 Let up 56 Harbinger of lower temperatures, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 61 Nero or Claudius 62 Running shoe

brand

63 __ Lackawanna

Railway

64 Look intently (at) 65 Come dramatically

into view

66 __ between the

lines

DOWN

1 Lobbying gp. 2 Tapped-off

cigarette part 3 Luau garland 4 Weekly pay, say 5 Dressed like

many a superhero 6 Without warranty 7 No goals, in

soccer

8 Sprinkled with

baby powder 9 Halfway-throughthe-term exam 10 *2005 Disney

figure-skating film 11 Some July babies 12 Bond villain who attended med school

15 Sushi __ 17 Corrosive

chemical 21 Support group for families of drinkers 22 Pop-up-producing

program

23 Like a lasso’s

business end 24 *Stop-action effect 25 “Come again?” 27 Former “Idol”

judge, familiarly 29 One with a

collateral loan 30 Caesar and Cobb 32 TV shopper’s

channel

33 Type of short play 35 Tummy muscles 38 Ex-Florida

governor Bush 41 Astronomical way

to wish

46 Imp

47 Loan shark 49 High-schooler,

typically 50 Palindromic title 51 Old TV dial letters 52 Kvetch like a fish? 53 Bassoon kin 54 Varied mixture 57 Ab __: from the

beginning 58 Salem is its cap. 59 Actress Long 60 Texas senator

Cruz