Crossword

ACROSS

1 Looped tau

cross

5 Please greatly 10 Accord

14 Barn topper 15 Lady fox 16 Stravinsky or

Sikorsky 17 Scent

18 Leaves

unmentioned 19 Grey of Western

novels 20 Crushing defeat 22 Escapades 23 Hebrew letter

after shin 24 Trivial 27 Discolored with

spots or streaks 31 Undress

35 Neck annoyance 36 Exude moisture 38 Yours and mine 39 Mare’s morsel 40 Flat-topped hills 41 Stockholm

carrier

42 Gouge

44 Fix as lipstick 45 Terra- — 47 Open and

aboveboard 49 Diplomat’s post 51 Marshal’s band 53 Response to a

rodent

54 Aussie minerals 57 Unmatched 62 Sanskrit dialect 63 Red meat 65 Asian

mountains 66 Collar style 67 Binchy of bestsellers

68 1492 vessel 69 Motor sound 70 Auto-racing

family

71 Hold as an

opinion

DOWN

1 Declare frankly 2 Zip

3 Put on a tie 4 Dissenter 5 Develop slowly 6 Airport vehicle 7 Self-evident truth

8 New Year in Hanoi

9 Space widths 10 Peru conqueror 11 Biology gel 12 Hit on the head 13 Very, to Yvette 21 Flagrant

22 Part of UCLA 25 Form a thought 26 Pinches off 27 Tea cake 28 Peculiarity 29 Gee follower 30 Resides 32 Kicks out 33 Sitters’ banes 34 Dreaded

assignment 37 Paul Anka’s “—

Beso”

40 CEO degrees 43 “Kim” novelist 45 Driver with a

handle 46 Raiders’ home 48 IBM and GE 50 More timid 52 Fencers’ blades 54 Sheik’s cartel 55 Hurricane track 56 Matty or Felipe 58 Icicle site 59 Wiesel or

Ducommun 60 Rational 61 Where Anna

met a king 63 The Mustangs 64 Pantyhose

shade