TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Madame Bovary’s name

5 Social blunder 10 Roams around 14 Sudden ouster 15 Snapshot collection 16 Up above

17 Catch

18 Russian pancakes 19 Long story 20 Desdemona’s love 22 Politburo’s place 24 Queen of the Misty Isles

26 Mall events

27 Bit players

30 Spiny plants 33 Rainbow maker 34 Man-on-the-moon org. 35 Pact letters

39 Flair for music 40 Steadfast 43 Prohibition

44 Gazed at

46 Does very well

47 TV dragon puppet 49 Alter a skirt 51 Structural metals 52 Restaurant freebie 55 Ritzy boat 57 Homer epic 60 More corroded 64 Hacks off

65 NBA hoopster 67 Lazing about 68 Available

69 Pipe wood 70 Winning margin 71 Wraps up 72 Impatient 73 Feeling pleasure

DOWN

1 Amazon speaker 2 Zoo barrier

3 Thick porridge 4 Materializes

5 Roof parts

6 Dispense 7 Crime-fighting org. 8 Bad mood

9 Mideast VIP

10 Fuel supplier (2 wds.) 11 “I don’t mind — —” 12 Cowboy’s stray 13 Bridges

21 Peruvian beast 23 Approx.

25 School

27 Saber kin 28 Dentist’s photo (hyph.) 29 Exhaust

31 In current condition (2 wds.)

32 Be able to 34 Warm-hearted

36 Up to the job

37 Comet feature 38 Wallet stuffers 41 Scrooge’s oath

42 Early Teutons 45 Prepares to go out 48 Granting

approval

50 Uh cousins

51 Rush away 52 Orchid-loving sleuth 53 Decorate

54 Entered data

56 Fields of study 58 Island near Corsica 59 Tale

61 Adulated person 62 Lohengrin’s bride 63 Cattail

66 Tool set