CROSSWORD

Across

1 “House” actor Epps

5 Plant-sucking insect

10 Gala affair

14 Went by bus

15 Wear away

16 __ Day Vitacraves Multivitamins 17 Sunbather’s spread

19 Spelling contests

20 Intended

21 Lend support to

23 Wrestling surface

24 “In case you weren’t listening ... “26 Like lambs

28 Pat-on-the-baby’s-back intended result 29 Cards to bet on

32 Cut and pasted, say

35 New York Harbor’s __ Island 36 Penpoint

37 Tough problem

39 Evergreen tree 42 Jelly beans, e.g.

43 Waiting for customer support, often 45 Brunch dish

49 Singer Fitzgerald

50 Speak from the soapbox 51 “Help!”-ful pot scrubbers?

54 Texter’s “I’m shocked!”

55 Down in the dumps

58 Glee

59 Movie “Citizen”

61 Coupe-back contraption

65 Yet again

66 “Ditto”

67 Try to persuade

68 “Women and Love” writer Shere 69 What Buffy does

70 Lowly worker

Down

1 Poet’s planet 2 Stooge with Larry and Curly

3 Tracy/hepburn battleof-the-sexes comedy 4 Proof of purchase 5 Insurance giant

6 Bit of expert advice 7 “__ about that!”

8 It’s in your head 9 Cold-cuts seller 10 Songwriter Dylan 11 Iron-poor blood condition

12 Womack of country 13 Withstood wear and tear

18 Consumes

22 Wilde’s “The Picture of __ Gray”

24 German automaker 25 Large, innocent-looking peepers

27 VCR format 28 Batman player Affleck

30 Dutch airline

31 Red Muppet

33 “My Cup Runneth Over” singer

34 Eat in style

38 Cholesterol letters

39 Instructions next to a perforated line ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 61-Across 40 Afflictions

41 Nutritionist’s fig.

42 Camp bed

44 Warms, as canned soup 45 Pipe smoked in trendy bars 46 Fashion designer Giorgio 47 Fridge sticker 48 Peppermint Patty, for one 52 Farm facilities

53 Opposite of post56 Hugging limbs 57 Paces-and-pistols encounter 60 Meadow mom

62 LIRR overseer

63 In the past

64 Boxing count