CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Pull hard
5 Kidney related 10 Fix a hot dog? 14 “Rocky IV” villain ___ Drago 15 Painter de Becque of “South Pacific”
16 You can hear this in Karachi
17 C.O. role in “A Bridge Too Far” (‘77)
20 Brief personal history
21 European apple tree
22 Touchdown info. 25 Prepares for action
29 Honeybun
32 Hole in the Wall Gang member role (‘69)
35 Casual shirt, casually
36 Jackson family’s third kid 37 Research institutions, say 39 Like many Greek roofs
42 Old music hall name
43 Soothing salves 47 Not duped by 49 Salmon spawning
50 “All The President’s Men” leading role (‘76) 53 Coin-edge ridge 55 Owned apartment 56 Drano, basically 57 Dead even 59 “___ been a while.”
61 Mountain man role alongside Bear Claw Chris Lapp (‘72)
69 Like mil. deserters
70 “Bye for now, mon ami”
71 Eerie glow 72 Almost worthless Japanese dough 73 Makes it to the finish
74 Chick’s chirp
DOWN
1 Carrey of “Ace Ventura”
2 Magda’s sister 3 Regime opposed by Gandhi 4 Drawer opening aid
5 Sign up again 6 Winged runner 7 Goose egg 8 Post-1964 Clay 9 Meadows
10 Capital of Bolivia 11 Regarding conditional release
12 Bit of a commotion
13 Big guffaw 18 Latvian capital 19 Indicated assent 22 Parl. Hill’s current clock setting (abbr.)
23 Price of education 24 Uncharged, hard to observe, particle
26 “His Master’s Voice” co. 27 Festivus mo., briefly
28 Reggae’s precursor 30 Critical time for an astronaut 31 “I did it!” 33 Bungler 34 Groom’s last words?
38 Persian sound
40 The maple leaf, for one
41 ___ gratias 43 Where Mork and Mindy honeymooned 44 Carson’s old network
45 It often follows one
46 Male delivery? 48 Wordy poem of praise
51 Rotten to the core
52 Does once? 54 Cambodian bank note units
58 Clock face 60 Suddenly go nuts
61 Whiskey Jack 62 Fluffy female 63 Lord Byron’s daughter, ___ Lovelace
64 Word on hubby’s towel
65 NHL’s Laine or Ehlers
66 Whiplash victim’s option
67 Magnetite or Galena 68 Afternoon snooze