CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ACROSS 1 In the sack 5 Talks on and on 9 Rover’s restraint 14 Chanel’s nick

name 15 “Not the half

— —!” 16 Waken 17 Earl — Biggers 18 Canadian prov. 19 Improve upon 20 Fall apart 22 Coups 24 Of the hipbone 26 Karate level 27 Get to safety 30 Rendering helpless 35 Use the door 36 Storytelling dance 37 Earth orbiter 38 Kung fu’s Bruce — 39 Stiff straw hats 42 Pablo’s aunt 43 Retirees’ kitties 45 Processes cotton 46 Part of LCD 48 Buddy 50 Ribs or needles 51 Epoch 52 Grassy areas 54 Carpet leftover 58 In plain sight 62 Arkin and Greenspan 63 Viking name 65 KWh bill 66 Poker pair 67 Oprah’s middle name 68 Window part 69 Swiss miss 70 Foot part 71 Inspector Kojak DOWN 1 “Who Made

Who” rockers 2 Transvaal settler 3 Neutral shade 4 Furry-tailed

rodents 5 Hockey player 6 Wouldn’t hurt

—— 7 Overalls front 8 Galaxy unit 9 Foulard kin 10 Bare or bear 11 “The Mammoth

Hunters” writer 12 Can’t be 13 Rorem and Beatty 21 Book jacket ad 23 Psychic

— Cayce 25 Indian relish 27 Historical

memento 28 January, in Jalisco 29 Kind of bath 31 Cries at the

bullfight 32 Tiny specks 33 Library no-no 34 Small fly 36 Narrow margin 40 Nash of

humorous poems 41 Downhill racers 44 Bridged 47 Most facile 49 Andre

of tennis 50 Bagatelle 53 Be of benefit 54 Not cautious 55 Nadelman or

Ducommun 56 Skirt length 57 Duds 59 Humdrum 60 — -majeste 61 Yodeler’s

answer 64 Author — -Tzu