TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Bother 4 Seam, in mining

8 Kind of plug 13 Fundraiser, often

14 Where Tabriz is 15 Incendiarism 16 Slippery -- eel 17 Spokesperson

19 Upper house

21 “Luck -- -Lady” 22 Fabricate 23 Gauge 25 Old Norse poem 27 Confuse 31 Shoulder gestures 35 Galley mover 36 Birthday count 38 Astrologer’s scales

39 Brown songbird 41 Loud kiss 43 Be deeply angry

44 Chip giant 46 Sanskrit user 48 Physician’s grp.

49 Literary works 51 Brought about

53 Enjoy, as benefits

55 In that case (2 wds.) 56 Polite address

59 Bacon feature

61 Ocean sighting 65 Inability to read and write 68 Designer label

69 Poke fun at 70 Real 71 Swirling water 72 Jumpy 73 Next year’s jr.

74 Lawyer’s thing

DOWN

1 Nosegay holder

2 Vitality 3 “Kubla Khan” setting 4 Summer coolers

5 El Dorado loot

6 Smear 7 Calculator key

8 Tree juice 9 Steakhouse order (2 wds.) 10 Aboard ship 11 Sway side to side 12 Cypress feature 13 Dental anesthetic 18 Herr’s dwelling

20 Not messy 24 Camel kin 26 Oilers’ org. 27 Hunting knife

28 Gets paid 29 Fumes 30 Use Artgum 32 Kapitan’s command (hyph.)

33 Soot 34 Entree gowith 37 Bookstore section (hyph.) 40 Almost a bull’s-eye (2 wds.)

42 Arab man’s headdress 45 Strong alkali 47 Famous loch

50 Money repository 52 Snowier 54 Audition rewards 56 Padded glove 57 Nautical position 58 Alda or Ladd

60 Poi source 62 Office assistant

63 Gives silent assent 64 Dehydrated 66 Souvenir item

67 Piece of china