CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY
ACROSS 1 Wheel covering 7 School org. 10 Veer out of control 14 Misgiving 15 Sluggers’ stat 16 Cipher 17 Incapacitate 18 Hard wood 19 Cinnabar and cuprite 20 Close call (2 wds.) 23 Flat expanse 26 Electric swimmer 27 Where Asia begins 28 Coarse file 29 Apply a jimmy 30 Like some hours 31 Hall of Famer Mel — 32 Sloppy — 33 Command to Rover (2 wds.) 37 Above, to poets 38 PCB regulator 39 Actress — Jillian 40 Monastic title 41 Went below freezing 43 Fabric meas. 44 Cabbie’s income 45 — Nimitz 46 Raised railways 47 Part of N.B. 48 Rattle 51 — Paulo, Brazil 52 Loud noises 53 Roman emperor’s defense (2 wds.) 56 Autobahn vehicle 57 Dock denizen 58 Foot-long objects 62 Poet’s tributes 63 Harry’s successor 64 Reacts to a pun 65 Withered 66 “— Rosenkavalier”
67 Thick-skulled DOWN 1 Say what? 2 Famous numero 3 Ask for money 4 Tabby’s pick-meup 5 From Bangkok 6 Look curiously 7 Fiddlesticks! 8 Shrimper’s net 9 Says please 10 Looked high and low 11 Hyundai’s HQ 12 Flawless 13 Workstations 21 Go over again 22 Chess pieces 23 Solid evidence 24 After a while 25 Kind of turf 29 Vatican figures 30 Curves around 32 Zoomer on a lake (2 wds.) 33 Hide out (2 wds.) 34 Frequently 35 Do a laundry chore 36 Where hackles rise 42 Daily event 46 Island of large statues 47 Vote 48 Utter confusion 49 Summa cum — 50 Viper 51 Plumber’s tool 52 Book jacket ad 54 Like the Kalahari 55 Ship of myth 59 Perfume label word 60 TLC providers 61 Weathervane dir.