CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ACROSS

1 Carved pole 6 Cast-of-thousands movie 10 Sub — (secretly) 14 Old Greek marketplace 15 Better than never? 16 Arab VIP 17 Move a mum 18 Contract seeker (2 wds.) 20 Seeing only the gloomy side 22 Sea eagles 23 She has a habit 24 Sourdough’s find 25 Habituated 29 Rueful 34 Beatrice’s admirer 35 Explorer — de Leon 36 Frazier of boxing 37 Kind of insurance 38 Crowd 39 Docs prescribe them 40 Morn’s counterpart 41 Corn tassels 42 Aspect 43 Transfer, as troops 45 Foot, slangily 46 Former soldier 47 Water, on the Seine 48 High standard 51 Hamburger go-with (2 wds.) 57 Pony Express pouch 59 Truck stop 60 Ship’s position 61 Former frosh 62 Moderator 63 Strong hankerings 64 Bog material 65 Prepared for action DOWN

1 Pool cover 2 Kind of molding 3 Breaks the record of 4 Aphrodite’s child 5 Early show 6 Diminutive 7 Averages 8 News article 9 Mediocre grade 10 Rue the day 11 Presage 12 Trig function 13 Martial — 19 Lofty abode 21 Stick-inthe- — 24 Not twice 25 Loafer 26 Unwary 27 Famished 28 Tpk. 29 Cartoon pig 30 Comes to a halt 31 Kick out 32 Knot-like masses 33 Easily irritated 35 Water sport 38 To the — (fully) 39 Chinese chairman 41 Magic formula 42 Run aground 44 Dodges, as taxes 45 Cosmic force 47 Two cubed 48 Gosh! (2 wds.) 49 Valley 50 Idyllic spot 51 Band member 52 Wine valley 53 Hoarfrost 54 Ancient empire 55 Requirement 56 Writer Zane — 58 Psychic’s power