TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Electric al unit 4 Nina of fashion 9 T ake the plunge 12 D o meringue 13 P otential oak 14 T ranslucent gem 16 Skip past 17 Fix ed up 18 C omic-strip hyena 19 “P rince Igor” composer 21 Smor gasbords 23 Theme 25 E mergencies 26 T edious account 29 Sing er — John 31 R epair a wrong 32 T oward shelter 33 Barb arian 37 Lion’ s quarters 38 Drop in the ocean? (2 wds.) 41 Lar ge parrot 42 Fictional pirate 44 Gym iterations 45 Mild expletive 47 R enter’s agreement 49 Co urt cases 50 Imit ation 53 Banis ter post 55 Elvis’ home 57 Hot dog go-with 61 No w hear —! 62 Bor den’s spokescow 64 Flying prefix 65 Bar gain event 66 W ithout corners 67 Mor e than want 68 King -sized item 69 Gulp s down 70 W ily

DOWN

1 P ost-it message 2 Narr ow margin 3 Has sock 4 Unusual thing 5 Bo adicea’s people 6 — liver oil 7 Cattle stall 8 D rafted 9 D evouring 10 Nonaluminum foils 11 Flor entine poet 12 Fishing float 15 Lair d’s daughter 20 Gift recipient 22 T o’s opposite 24 Highlight er (2 wds.) 26 Apt rhyme for tads 27 Ne ws morsel 28 Firm up 30 Gr ass-skirt accessories 32 F ortas and Vigoda 34 Kan. neighbor 35 Kis s and — 36 F odders 39 Char coal grills 40 Sno wy-white bird 43 Pa ssed by 46 The y have spouts 48 A fr. nation 49 Sporty wools 50 911 responders 51 Fix ed-up building 52 Y ou may crack one 54 Bar ely getting by 56 Lik e a tortoise 58 S coundrel 59 He avy hydrogen discoverer 60 Husk 63 — generis