CROSSWORD FOR WEDNESDAY
ACROSS
1 Musical sign 5 Portsider 10 Minority group 14 Non-soap opera 15 Hazard a guess 16 Get an earful 17 Weather outlook 18 River-mouth deposit 19 What — can I do? 20 Displaced person 22 Swelters 24 How — things? 25 Wooden strip 26 Travesty 30 Large snakes 34 Greenish-brown 35 What, in Seville 37 Wading bird 38 Columbus campus 39 Ms. Thurman of “Pulp Fiction” 40 Anger 41 Famed viol. 44 IRS month 45 Free to roam 47 Examine closely 49 Less approachable 51 Cheers for toreros 52 Friction easer 53 Postponed action 56 Rubdown 60 Tien Shan range 61 Horses’ strides 63 Roulette color 65 Names 66 Quiz-show VIP 67 Mend socks 68 Delhi nursemaid 69 Wait in line 70 Inspired poetry
DOWN
1 Ford product 2 Fibber 3 Actress — Falco 4 Trumpet blast 5 Stuck 6 Touche provoker 7 Manicurist’s tool 8 Cable network 9 Every January 10 Put away a sword 11 Snaky fish 12 Select actors for 13 Very, to Yvette 21 Russian range 23 Word of honor 25 Asparagus units 26 Made a selection 27 Ill-considered 28 Poet’s blue 29 Social peers 31 Easy-to-find constellation 32 Leif’s language 33 Vile smile 36 Strike caller 42 Revoke 43 Cartoon chipmunk 45 Garlands 46 Disney city 48 Projecting ridges 50 Flipped a coin 53 “I did it!” (hyph.) 54 An astringent 55 Rum-soaked cake 56 Translucent mineral 57 — — foot pole 58 Spur on 59 Patrick’s domain 62 Lb. or tsp. 64 ER personnel