The West Coast Wire

WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO?

- by Barbara Olson

ACROSS

1. Half of an ice grabber

5. Carling O’___ (onetime brewer)

10. Beaded slip-ons, for short

14. Belcher at a tea party, say

15. ‘90s Governor General Hnatyshyn

16. No room to swing ___ (1,3)

17. *To some extent (5,1,4)

19. Having a wild flavour

20. Mirror image, often?

21. Airport building

23. Prom venue, perhaps

26. Cyber seller

28. “Exodus” character

29. Have the ___ for (be sweet on)

31. “The Simpsons” Duff dispenser

32. Early PC platform

34. *Won’t be believed, slangily (4,5,2,4)

38. Triple-hug, in a letter

39. Shoulder-crier’s sentiment

40. *Utterly abandon (5,4,3,3)

49. Wheel rods

50. Neptune’s realm, in myth

51. Peak height: Abbr.

52. Kick ___ fuss (2,1)

53. Gruelling kind of race

57. Chilling activity, for short?

58. Appoint as a candidate

60. Break down, as compost

62. U.K. military medals: Abbr.

63. *Dog-ear on a book page (6,4)

68. Make over

69. Majestic tales

70. Prefix meaning “self”

71. Belgian river to the North Sea

72. Dry, as Italian wine

73. See 40-Down

DOWN

1. “Not sure yet,” in a T.V. guide: Abbr.

2. Sock-in-the-gut response

3. “I was kidding!”

4. Not dyeing, perhaps, as hair

5. Wiener topper that’s “sauer”

6. “... spelled with ___ in ‘eagle’” (1,2)

7. It may be expressed with :-) or >:(

8. Fido’s front limb

9. Between: Fr.

10. Biblical wise guys

11. Song that gets people on their feet (1,6)

12. Chevy muscle cars

13. In “Vogue,” maybe

18. Preschoole­rs?

22. Nighttime orb, in a kid’s song (2,4)

23. 4, on the phone

24. Homies’ howdies

25. Logan is Canada’s highest: Abbr.

27. Baie-Comeau buddy

30. Kenmore in the kitchen

33. Abba or First Aid Kit member, e.g.

35. Enters (4,2)

36. Gusher’s cry

37. Two, to Burns

40. With 73- Across, schedule of tasks ... and an apt place for the last words of the starred answers

41. Pulls back the curtain on

42. Topped with ice cream (1,2,4)

43. Atom that may be radioactiv­e

44. Like no-name drugs

45. Seuss title food

46. Car seller on a lot: Abbr.

47. Stimpy’s chihuahua chum

48. B.C.’s internatoi­nal airport code

54. Some drag shows?

55. “Am not!” retort (3,2)

56. Neither partner

59. “Take it as ___ not at all” (2,2)

61. Nonstick cookware brand

64. Letters on the starship Enterprise

65. “Bien sûr”

66. Some C.F.B. officers: Abbr.

67. Small J topper

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