TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Dappled horse 5 Strong point 10 Pool table item 14 Language of Pakistan 15 Like Thor 16 Poet’s black 17 Blemish 18 Sample 19 “So what -- is new?” 20 Burrowing rodent 22 Gridder or cager 24 -- Holm of “Alien” 25 Daughter of Hyperion 26 Renowned 30 Thing 34 Pealed 35 Territories 37 Verb preceder 38 Airport code for O’hare 39 Hard wood 40 Hagen of “The Other” 41 Rostrum 43 Leno or Letterman 45 Sheik’s cartel 46 Goes by, as time 48 Soggiest 50 Make public 51 Breach 52 Physics topic 56 Foundation 60 Have lots of status 61 Coal 63 Miss Cinders of old comics 64 Hobby shop buys 65 Diminutive 66 Make watertight 67 Bed support 68 Now 69 Any

DOWN

1 Send overnight 2 Porpoise relative 3 “Waterboy” Sandler 4 Medical career 5 Rabbit ears 6 Increase sharply 7 Almost-grads 8 This, to Pedro 9 Seesaws 10 Lands, as a fish (2 wds.) 11 Competent 12 Purchase price 13 Patch locale 21 -- kwon do 23 Steaming 26 Rust away 27 Wall decoration 28 Rajah’s land 29 Ore trucks 30 Sighed with delight 31 Two-door car 32 Kin of mandolins 33 Put into law 36 Comp. bailout key 42 Most frugal 43 Spookiest 44 With bated breath 45 Treat harshly 47 Roost 49 Zany 52 Provokes 53 Hammer’s target 54 Blues singer -James 55 BBS, e.g. 56 Gymnastics coach -Karolyi 57 Toast topper 58 Mollusk 59 Curly cabbage 62 Corrupt