“TALKED OUT”

ACROSS

1 Hosiery shade

5 Not for

9 Underwater gear, briefly 14 Julie of TV

15 Minor chess piece

16 Ear part

17 Yawn-inducing quip (Part one) 20 Punctual

21 Close to

22 Kind of party

23 Talk like Daffy

25 Clock sound

27 Carders’ requests

30 Boris Godunov, for one

32 It flows past Big Ben

36 Brood moodily

38 Femur-tibia connector 40 Straight up and down 41 Yawn-inducing quip (Part two) 44 Blacksmith’s block

45 Apply plaster

46 Fictional account

47 Actor who shares the lead 49 Served up a whopper

51 Back talk 52 “Let it stand”

54 Impersonal letter intro

56 Tokyo, formerly

59 Freshman, probably

61 Capable of standing trial 65 Yawn-inducing quip (Part three) 68 Rearrange

69 Jockey’s brake

70 Email directive

71 Certain NFL team

72 What little things mean?

73 Has a mortgage

DOWN

1 Audio effect

2 Lower jaw

3 Medical advice, often 4 To the point that 5 Aspen activity 6 “Uh-uh”

7 One’s double

8 Map enlargement 9 Extremely hot day 10 It can run for hours 11 Kind of pricing 12 Ruinous thing 13 Aquatic plant

18 Skip over 19 Chum, often

24 Like most windows

26 Jeweler’s weight

27 “Theme from Shaft” writer Hayes 28 “Beats me!”

29 Poles, e.g.

31 Relating to the kidneys

33 Hard material

34 Bacterial strain

35 Another bacterial strain 37 Cardigans and others

39 Small ornamental cases

42 Loud rattling noises

43 Kowtowing

48 Stalk in a swamp

50 Clobber

53 Aquarium fish

55 Ability to green-light

56 And others, for short

57 Kosher ___

58 Word after “hang” or “hold” 60 Christmas tune

62 Erupted

63 Descriptor of a certain eagle or wolf 64 Finishes

66 Foxy place?

67 High school class, for short