TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Laird’s household 5 Feudal estates 10 Pamper

14 Verdi opera

15 Boom box

16 Capable of (2 wds.) 17 In a comforting manner

19 Name of a thing 20 Came afterward

21 Set firmly

23 Pitcher Nolan — 25 Tamper-resistant 28 Humorist — Bombeck 31 Response to a proposal 33 Sports palaces 35 Make cloudy 36 Smooth fabric 38 First 007 movie (2 wds.)

39 Annex

40 Involuntary movement 41 Make public

42 Muse of history 44 Column order 46 Disney CEO Bob — 47 Abounded

49 Util. bill

50 Bank on

51 Fought with swords 53 Grabbed a taxi 55 Perjurers

57 Short jacket

61 Cry of surprise 64 Gossip

66 Carrot or beet 67 Ham it up

68 Cat’s lives

69 Soap bubbles

70 — -toothed tiger 71 Poor grades

DOWN

1 Instance 2 Wildebeest chaser 3 Uproars

4 Not artificial 5 Paydays

6 John, in Aberdeen 7 Verge

8 Thin coatings 9 Meat substitute 10 Tied together

11 GI address 12 252 calories 13 Poetic adverb

18 “— Jude”

22 Play it by — 24 “Peachy-keen!” 26 Make furious 27 Boone or Webster 28 Put up

29 Threw the dice 30 Setting

32 Tour of duty 34 Apologetic

37 More aloof

43 Diner fare

44 Forms a thought 45 Slug

46 Leprechaun land 48 Cotton gin name 52 Serious play 54 Forest mom 56 Neatnik opposite 58 Huron neighbor 59 Lalique or Descartes 60 Mineral deposits 61 Birthday no. 62 Debtor’s note 63 Okra morsel 65 Cousteau’s summer