Crossword
Across
Inflated senses of self
5 Moisture in the
air
10 Flower girl? 14 Muppet with a
unibrow 15 Furious
16 The “N” of
N.F.L.: Abbr. 17 Coating for fish that you might think would make you tipsy 19 Sound heard in a
cave 20 “Cheers!,” in Scandinavia Historical periods
23 Derby or fedora 24 Cinderella’s carriage
28 Hit the slopes 21 31 ___ v. Wade 32 Cousins of emus 33 Classical paintings
35 Org. that operates the Jupiter orbiter 38 ___-C.I.O. 39 Rough estimates … or what the ends of 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across are? 44 Slangy “sweetie”
45 Pepper’s partner 46 California wine
valley
47 Popular pain
reliever
49 Have a part in a
play
51 Talk, talk, talk 52 Waiter’s refilling
aid
57 Utmost 58 Sport for heavyweights 59 Curses (out) 63 Couple, in a gossip column 65 Overhead cooler 68 Ruler said to have fiddled while Rome burned 69 Superman’s
birth name 70 Song for a diva 71 Sprouted 72 Underhanded
sort
73 Like marathons
and maxiskirts
Down
1 Recedes, as the
tide
2 Sheldon of
for one 3 Cookie that may be dipped in milk
4 Subway standee’s support 5 By way of 6 Works at a
museum
7 ___ Philippe (Swiss watchmaker)
8 Cheri formerly
of
9 Aired, as old TV
shows
10 Suffix with serpent
11 Host of TV’s
12 Cornell University’s home
13 Tree huggers? 18 Fuzzy picture 22 One who’s all
skin and bones 25 Leonardo da
Vinci’s
26 Fruits that are a little grittier than apples
27 “That sounds
good — NOT!” 28 Cry big tears 29 Maker of autodom’s Optima 30 Words after “Reach Out” in a #1 Four Tops hit 34 Work like a dog 36 Cousin of calypso
37 Quacky insurance giant 40 House of Lords
members 41 Scratch target 42 Pollution police,
for short 43 Softhead 47 Store window
shader 48 ___-day Saints
(Mormons) 50 Fork-tailed bird 53 Hockey
discs
54 “Wait, let me
explain …” 55 French fabric 56 Majestic
60 Big, round head
of hair
61 Street through the middle of town
62 Slight problem 64 Cut the lawn 66 Pasture
67 Kind