today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Fix apples 5 Polite cough 9 From Havana 14 Grad 15 Crumbly cheese 16 Boys Town site 17 Warrior 19 — Downs (racetrack) 20 Prickle 21 Fast-moving snake 23 Hole in a needle 24 Skirtlike garment 26 Horse’s ankle 28 Column type 31 Lacked 35 By Jove! 38 Eurasian range 40 Fence crossover 41 Roy Rogers’ wife 42 Becomes a dad 44 Bloke’s streetcar 45 Angry look 47 Apply caulking 48 Late-night host 49 Artists’ stands 51 Play hockey 53 Clock’s front 55 Pilot’s position 59 Cereal grain 62 Exits 65 Pierre’s brother 66 Arcade name 68 Hairdos 70 Long-legged bird 71 Auditorium 72 Kind of van 73 Pick up stakes 74 Baja Ms. 75 In full view

DOWN 1 Treaties 2 Island greeting 3 Gossip’s delight 4 Did needlework 5 At the stern 6 Perceive 7 Long-active volcano 8 Go together 9 Forces 10 Sports off. 11 Headquarters 12 Greeting at sea 13 Entry form ID 18 Part of A.D. 22 Many many years 25 Veld grazers 27 Percussion instruments 29 Purple flower 30 Is worried about 32 Terrible 33 Joie de vivre 34 Test-drive vehicle 35 Advantage 36 Fete 37 Sorrowful wail

39 Pipe problem 43 — dunk 46 Skipping syllables 50 — Tome 52 Minor falling-out 54 Highland lakes 56 Craggy abode 57 Sherlock’s lady friend 58 Varnish ingredient 59 Vacation destination 60 Pharaoh’s god 61 Rainproof cover 63 Hearty laugh 64 River deposit 67 Beluga delicacy 69 Gator Bowl site