TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Speak easy risk 5 Rocket trajectories 9 Tommy Lee — 14 Jai — 15 You, formerly 16 Battery terminal 17 Heirs, often 18 Shower liner 19 Bridge expert 20 Russian poet and dramatist 22 Farm worker, often 24 Jet jockey 26 Blushing 27 Dromedary milieu 30 Braced (2 wds.) 35 Bell town of fiction 36 Unstable lepton 37 Ms . McEntire 38 Diamond — 39 Least humble 42 Down for the count 43 F air-hiring org. 45 Emperor 46 Hippie’s money 48 Pizza topping 50 Nice and warm 51 — -pah band 52 Sealing a deal 54 Gear on the slopes (2 wds.) 58 A way from the wind 62 Says “yeth” 63 Centrally located 65 Buffalo’s lake 66 Mooring site 67 Dark blue 68 Scale less fish 69 Hero’s acts 70 Fencing weapon 71 Surrealist painter

DOWN

1 Rough file 2 Slugger Moises — 3 Holm and Fleming 4 Suds container 5 Hun honcho 6 Jungle charger 7 Cartoon frame 8 Look like 9 Mick, the Stone 10 Not in stock (2 wds.) 11 Ibsen heroine 12 Delightful place 13 On its way 21 Bolshoi rival 23 Does a laundry chore 25 Sea quake aftermath 27 W itch-hunt locale 28 L eave-taking 29 Moon rings 31 Garden tiller 32 Fakes out, on the rink 33 “D as Boot” craft (hyph.) 34 Rice field 36 Japanese soup 40 Element’s units 41 Carnivore’s delight (hyph.) 44 Bit down 47 Hay fever culprit 49 Meat counter buys 50 Wild T-shirt (hyph.) 53 Novelist — Cussler 54 Lost traction 55 Cattle , old-style 56 Ocean sighting 57 Batman creator 59 Length x width 60 Small brook 61 Ricky Ricardo 64 Explorer’s sketch