TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Show of hands 5 Sacked out 9 Gemstones 14 Harmful

15 Go steady 16 Heirloom

17 Fictional sub commander

18 Big name in Western novels

19 Acting class 20 Descents

22 Dream

24 Arrive at

27 Favorite — 28 Speaker’s platform 30 Did the polka 35 Debtor’s note 36 Kind of beaver 38 Depart

39 Pour forth 41 Contradict

43 Oil cartel

44 Gawked at

46 Fixed up

48 Rub the wrong way 49 Makes a poem 51 Most uncanny 53 NBA official 55 Refute 56 Straight up 61 Get lost! 64 Trojan War story 65 Go for a field goal 68 Reclined

69 Not skimpy 70 Old barge canal 71 Places to sleep 72 Comes in last 73 Faculty head 74 Indulge, plus

DOWN

1 Hawk

2 Above

3 In a fearful manner 4 Weds secretly

5 Sharp tool

6 Pasture sound 7 Sicilian spouter 8 Views as

9 Type of number 10 Chipper

11 Jai—

12 Airport vehicle, briefly 13 Read hurriedly

21 Cloy 23 Iron pumper’s pride 25 Seafood entree 26 More gigantic 28 Scratchy 29 Brawl

31 Prefix for classic 32 March swallow destination

33 Turn inside out 34 Patio cousin 35 Composer —

Stravinsky 37 Cabbie’s fare 40 Dress part 42 Blarney Stone site 45 Mocks or knocks 47 Claims

50 Just a —!

52 Father of geometry 54 Counterfeit 56 Small container 57 St. —’s fire

58 Jags

59 Fable

60 Former Italian coins 62 — it the truth! 63 Consumer gds. 66 Government org. 67 Actor — Howard