Crossword

ACROSS

1 Looked at lustfully

6 Giraffe’s striped kin

11 “... fish ___ fowl”

14 Hotelier Helmsley

15 More abundant

16 “___ got an idea ...”

17 Trellis feature

19 Operatives’ org.

20 Melodious composition

21 Charged particle

22 Transmit

23 Vast amount of money

25 Hit the horn

27 Born prematurely?

31 “It’s now or never” time

32 This puzzle’s hidden theme

33 “Buona ___” (Italian greeting)

34 Give a large donation

37 Bottleneck blocker

39 Chops finely, as potatoes

42 Spanish lady’s title

43 Blacksmith’s block

45 Colorful aquarium fish

47 Filbert, for one

48 Dating duo

50 Most dependable

52 Nonfictional 55 Fill to the max

56 Follow orders

57 Grazing locale

59 Evil intent

63 CD’s end

64 Quest for a shopper

66 Org. quoted on toothpaste tubes

67 Herb for flavoring

68 Sesame-seed-and-honey confection

69 Japanese currency

70 Assailed on all sides

71 Ran in neutral

DOWN

1 Wide-mouthed earthenware jar

2 Transmission unit

3 “An Iceland Fisherman” author Pierre

4 Bury in a pyramid

5 Yellow-disked flowers

6 Assay specimen

7 New Zealand bird

8 In progress, to Sherlock

9 Licorice-flavored liqueur

10 Annoy

11 “Good job!”

12 Like bighorns

13 Check, as a bill

18 Large eel

22 Rise to one’s feet

24 Topics in topology

26 “___ to a Nightingale”

27 Thinly layered mineral

28 Computer image

29 Male in the armed forces

30 Burger alternatives

35 Burden or responsibility

36 Bulb measure

38 Poker pot

40 Collection of poetry

41 Deli meat 44 Romanian currency

46 Sony rival

49 Sam in “Cheers”

51 Remove a metal from

52 Sudden invasion

53 Home sweet home

54 “The Bellboy” star Jerry

58 It’s behind the altar

60 “___ do” (faint praise)

61 Spelunker’s milieu

62 “Land sakes!”

64 Chemist’s workplace

65 No longer in the USAF