TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fish bait

5 Throws off heat 10 Harsh criticism 14 PC system 15 Dynamite inventor 16 Stead

17 Word in a telegram 18 Busch Gardens site 19 — fixe

20 Just talk (2 wds.) 22 Scrutinize 24 Lobbying org. 25 Balance

26 Muffled, as sound 30 Drifters 35 Operated

36 S&L offerings 37 Decree

38 Touches off 41 Library need 43 Slur together 44 Play on words 45 Bubble source 46 Ms. Witherspoon 47 Ringmasters? 50 M, to Einstein 53 FBI acronym 54 Promotes (2 wds.) 58 Rosier

62 Fridge stick

63 Came unglued 66 Long-gone bird 67 Give credit

68 Coral island

69 Na+ and Cl70 Breathing organ 71 Wrinkled 72 Memorable decades

DOWN

1 Like a rain forest

2 Till

3 Wild disorder

4 Grow larger 5 Spellbind

6 Maori’s quarry, once 7 “Big Blue”

8 Home of a brave 9 Vanquishes a dragon 10 Insincere

11 Verdi opus

12 Sense

13 Energy source 21 Dublin’s loc. 23 Lionel’s sister 25 Hwys.

26 Paint ingredient 27 Bald one

28 Daddy Warbucks’ ward 29 Mag execs

31 Lyric poem 32 Spree

33 Come about 34 Vertical parts of goblets

39 Ego companions 40 Crawls with

41 Haul into court 42 Deep down 44 Slumber-party attire 48 Barely manage 49 Aberdeen kid

51 Halos, of sorts

52 Flash flood

54 Bridge charge 55 Moises of baseball 56 Scrawny

57 King follower

59 Way out

60 Novelist — Ferber 61 Antarctic sea

64 — — few rounds 65 “Nightmare” street