today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Absent 5 Overconfident 9 Cave dwellers 13 Quick letters 15 Yukon, briefly 16 Eurasian mountains 17 Billy Goats Gruff foe 18 Jaipur princess 19 Nerve network 20 Put on the payroll 22 Provided staff 24 Before, in combos 25 Tooth buildup 26 Quickest 30 Here, to Pierre 31 Transparently clear 32 Idealists 37 Mild Dutch cheese 38 Ess moldings 40 Lamb’s pen name 41 Moviemaker 43 Famed fabulist 44 Paris season 45 Con games 47 High-rise units 50 Frequently 51 — AbdulJabbar 52 Turn on 57 Sharpen 58 Sorrowful cry 60 Cap brim 61 Mild rejoinder 62 Snug retreat 63 Cafe customer 64 Microscope part 65 Solidifies 66 Jar tops

DOWN

1 Gambling stake 2 Wriggler 3 Standing on 4 Football cheer 5 Address part 6 Anthropologist Margaret — 7 Coffee server 8 Makes a face 9 Beyond well-done 10 Basketball venue 11 Spud 12 Malamute’s load 14 Tilted 21 Cen. fractions 23 Pavarotti piece 25 Weary 26 Hightailed it 27 BMW rival 28 Leave a mark 29 Kind of capsule 32 “The,” to Wolfgang 33 Submissive 34 “Anything —?” 35 Noisy disturbance 36 Weakens gradually 38 Hassocks 39 Leaves 42 Yield by treaty 43 Energetic and vigorous 45 Perches 46 Behind, at sea 47 Sponge 48 Gill or lung 49 Has occasion for 51 Capsize, with “over” 52 Crow’s nest locale 53 Minicontainer 54 — Spumante 55 Nailed obliquely 56 Is mistaken 59 Bruce or Harper