TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Band bookings 5 Orchard pest 10 Blueprint 14 Dreaded czar 15 Good, to Juan 16 Tick off 17 Engineering toy 18 Getting older 19 Kimono sashes 20 Diversified 22 Aftermath

24 Lyrical

26 Wears a crown 27 Chopped down 30 Fodders

32 Battery posts 34 Deposit

35 Arab prince 39 “Road” movie locale 40 Fill with happiness 42 Pollster — Harris 43 Vortex

45 Combine

46 Lithe

49 Composer — Satie 51 Fields of study 52 Noble

55 Flammable gas 59 Ogled 61 Climber’s starting point (2 wds.) 65 Monstrous giant 66 Concerning 68 Stadium level 69 Chief

70 Florentine poet 71 McClurg or Brickell 72 Malamute’s load 73 Take the helm 74 Not admit to

DOWN

1 Large lizard

2 Famous lithographer 3 Comedian’s stock 4 Pried

5 Slacken off 6 Washington waterway 7 Children’s classic 8 Country lodging 9 Chief magistrate of Venice 10 Abundant 11 Defame 12 Wonderland girl 13 Snug retreats 21 Took a taxi 23 Cook bacon 25 Informal talk 27 Rabbit kin 28 Oklahoma town 29 Desk material

31 Pro votes 33 Trucker’s rig 34 Permissive

36 Fr. miss

37 Small amount 38 Wishes undone 41 Take pleasure in 44 Time for statements

(hyph.)

47 Wind indicator 48 Put up

50 Country addr.

52 — onto (seizes) 53 Queenly 54 Unearthly 56 Steakhouse order

(hyph.)

57 — couture

58 Late summer flower 60 Many parents 62 Helper

63 Fritz’s possessive 64 Mouse, to owls 67 Flutter, as eyelashes