TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pen point 4 Volcano fissure 8 Big parties 13 Kind of worm 14 Melville opus 15 “Jane Eyre” girl 16 Mother of Horus 17 Kind of chop 18 Mars explorer 19 Large parrot 20 “Great” Australian

landmark (2 wds.) 22 Baseball bat 24 Duke or count 25 Avail oneself of 26 Thicken 28 Santa — winds 31 Hindu’s true self 34 Gator kin 35 Worked up 36 Loaf end 37 From Kilkenny 38 Yield, as territory 39 Wagner’s earth

goddess 40 Takes into custody 41 Agreed with 42 Hi-tech scan 43 Places for pints 44 “— appetit!” 45 Nicholas or

Alexander 47 Paper-folding art 51 Cave dweller 55 Quick turn 56 Went on stage 57 Q.E.D. part 58 — -ho 59 Sand bar 60 Wine or harbor 61 Fly, to a spider 62 Throng 63 Corset stiffener 64 — Lingus

DOWN

1 Japanese

American 2 Of the pelvis 3 Library vols. 4 “Nel blu dipinto di

blu” song 5 Atlanta campus 6 Roulette color 7 Singer — Braxton 8 Loft 9 Be crazy about 10 Exerted influence

on 11 Helm position 12 Feudal underling 13 Turban wearer 20 Petty officer 21 Geologic period 23 — Lumpur,

Malaysia 26 Corn holders 27 Defeat 29 Leaf juncture 30 Like good brandy 31 “Beg pardon!” 32 HI or AK, once 33 One who

contemplates 34 Shore catch 35 Zipping through 37 Get acclimated 41 Seed bed 43 Go by canoe 44 Ill-behaved 46 Links champ Sam

— 47 John or Maureen 48 Lapis lazuli color 49 Gold digger? 50 Pop music’s

— Pop 51 Vintage vehicle 52 Yodeler’s answer 53 Gym iterations 54 Easy gait 58 College stat