TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stand behind 5 Microscopic animal (var.) 10 Pet lovers’ gp. 14 Exasperate 15 Kind of clip or tiger 16 Say grace 17 Bouquet 18 Napoleon’s fate 19 “— kleine Nachtmusik” 20 Entertainer — Newton 22 Flimflams (2 wds.) 24 Units of work 27 Stroll 28 Bad guys 32 “Titanic” award 36 “Shogun” apparel 37 Not taut 39 Noted frontiersman 40 Tenets 42 Nearer the facts 44 Bad mood 45 Pennies 47 Pipe joint 49 Prompter’s hint 50 Follow 51 Generously 53 Rate of motion 56 Stooped down 57 Dian Fossey’s friends 61 Electronics giant 65 Under the covers 66 Crumble away 69 Machine for weaving 70 Hoop’s place 71 Strongman of myth 72 Sidle past 73 Noted limerick maker 74 Short essay 75 Jockey’s need

DOWN

1 Facial feature 2 Verdi masterpiece 3 Jade 4 Central part 5 Imitate 6 To the — 7 Grand in scale 8 Underneath 9 Hippodrome 10 Talks about (2 wds.) 11 Ever so proper 12 Sugar source 13 Skippers’ OKs 21 Pitchers’ stats 23 Dollop 25 Thin gold layer 26 Entrap 28 Diva’s asset 29 “Hedda Gabler” author 30 Sketches 31 Long oar 33 Sofa 34 Cancel 35 Type in again 38 Shish — 41 More idiotic 43 Roam about 46 It has flippers 48 Finishes first 52 Less fresh 54 Football shoe part 55 Sagan’s “pale blue dot” 57 Audacity 58 Wind instrument 59 McEntire of country 60 Fish choice 62 Bump 63 Hindu mystic 64 Black cat, perhaps 67 Stop up 68 Vane dir.