CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ACROSS

1 NBA hoopster 6 Headland 10 Muddy tracks 14 Mind’s picture 15 Word of assent 16 Rapier’s kin 17 Honeydew 18 Denver’s altitude 19 Horror flick staple 20 Surgery need 22 Rural stopovers 23 Verdi opus 24 Drone 26 Green garnish 30 Imitation mink or mohair (2 wds.) 34 Wanted-poster word 35 Steakhouse order 36 Compilation 37 Price tickets 38 Out in the open 40 Resist obstinately 41 Med. plan 42 Newborn canines 43 Gauzy fabric 44 Frozen desserts 46 Located 48 Body part 49 Eject lava 50 Go headlong 53 Garden veggies 59 Como — usted? 60 Removed 61 Recital piece 62 Pair of mules 63 Salad veggie 64 Open-air lobbies 65 Novelist — Ferber 66 Listen carefully 67 Is too fond

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1 Andean capital 2 Prayer ending 3 Cabbage cousin 4 They often clash 5 Resort condos, sometimes 6 Eddie Murphy movie 7 Watchdog breed 8 Sanskrit dialect 9 Vision-testing display (2 wds.) 10 Junta 11 — my word! 12 Gull’s cousin 13 Meets, in poker 21 Get a move on 25 Hawaiian guitar 26 Storm tracks 27 Bowie’s last stand 28 Severity 29 Stockholm carrier 30 Not close 31 Crack in the earth 32 Mom’s brother 33 Gathered leaves 35 Home tel. 38 Surpass 39 Corp. execs. 40 However 42 Pricing word 43 Blond 45 Grand — Island 46 Like golf shoes 47 Delt neighbor 49 Tend the furnace 50 Solar plexus 51 Drew on 52 Getz or Mikita 54 Libertine 55 — von Bismarck 56 Russell or Vonnegut 57 Adams or McClurg 58 Wave makers