Thinking caps “HUH?”
ACROSS
1 Whip
5 Recede to the sea
8 Garments for Batman and Robin 13 Corn Belt state
14 Tennessee’s state flower
16 Title fit for a king
17 Ladder unit
18 Apollo gp.
19 Apple piercer of legend
20 Means a lot
23 TV’s Danson
24 Discordant, musically
25 A bit of china
28 Fork in the road
29 Absorbed, as a cost
31 Mudbath locale
32 “Vamoose!”
35 Agendum, e.g.
38 Curbside sight
40 One way to reveal secrets 43 From days of yore
44 Change
45 Comments further
46 “Losing My Religion” rock band 47 Postal motto conjunction 49 It’s not free of charge 51 Monetary unit of Burma 53 Snoopy is one
56 Male buddy
59 Seeking divine help 62 “Socrate” composer 64 South American monkey 65 Expected, as payment 66 Kind of football
67 Feed, as hogs
68 Basilica area
69 Capital of Western Australia 70 Before, poetically 71 Lecherous one, at times
DOWN
1 Blue-ribbon position
2 Gem viewer
3 Possessed
4 Madly in love
5 A genius, relatively speaking 6 Curtain call cry
7 Buffalo, e.g.
8 Chowder favorite 9 Publicized
10 Didn’t give in
11 Inflatable item
12 Work as a tailor 15 Made an obeisant bow
21 Mary ___ cosmetics
22 Final, for short
26 Runaway-bus movie
27 Heavenly instruments? 28 Answered the alarm
30 Bad ___, Germany
32 Baby bringer
33 “Roots” writer
34 Rembrandt, for one
36 Heavy downpours
37 67.5 degrees, in terms of direction 39 Joie de vivre
41 “... no room for them in the ___” 42 Sewer, in London
48 Kobe cummerbund
50 “___ the ramparts ...”
52 Make impure
54 Fast on one’s feet
55 Florida collegian
56 Secluded road
57 Superman portrayer Christopher 58 “Law & ___”
60 “___, right”
61 Bang-up
62 Syrup, before processing
63 “... Women ___ From Venus”