CROSSWORD

Across

1 Scratch __: woodworking tools

5 Split wide open

9 Green “Sesame Street” character 14 Scallion relative

15 Sea predator

16 Asian city translating to “place of the gods”

17 *Protection for a press feeding frenzy? 19 Tight headgear

20 Masseur’s workplace

21 Word with fly or about

22 Shining example

24 What a burglar hopes not to be 26 *Result of nodding off at an auction? 27 *Sandwich-centric extremists?

30 Fort Collins sch.

31 Merits

32 Italian capital

34 Dilute 38 Letters for John Smith?

39 Besmirch

42 Dudley the Dinosaur’s org.

43 Books with test answers

45 Twitter’s bird, e.g.

46 One with a title

48 Cry of discovery

50 *Where to read all the latest computer port news?

52 *Female employee of a tech giant? 56 Poems of praise

57 Lincoln output

58 “No seats” sign

59 Egg producer ... and product 62 Tuesday dish?

63 Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues

66 Expect

67 Northern terminus of I-79

68 Lute family members

69 ATM features

70 Kind of lily 71 Tendency

Down

1 Help for the poor

2 Sob

3 Acting on bad advice 4 __ jump

5 Explode

6 Parched

7 Chem. pollutant banned in 1979

8 Canvas support

9 Elvis hits, e.g. 10 Decathlon event 11 Chocolate substitute 12 “Me too”

13 Lost it

18 Elder hostile?

23 River through New Mexico

25 Seaside eagle 26 Immobilizing law-enforcement tool 27 Nose, slangily

28 Camp sight, perhaps

29 Forrest Gump, for one

33 Some are tributarios

35 Cordial greeting

36 Notion

37 Not

40 Budget competitor

41 Cylindrical sandwich

44 Took care of things

47 Sorrow 49 Construction site apparatuses 51 World’s third-largest island

52 Tiny bits

53 Serious fight

54 Former Portuguese territory in China 55 Aconcagua’s range

58 Way more than a sip

60 Paradise

61 Animal home

64 Willamette Valley state: Abbr. 65 Obstacle