Crossword

ACROSS

1 Compos mentis 5 Compile 10 Eject, as lava 14 In a dead heat 15 “Inferno” writer 16 Legal prefix? 17 No-accounts 20 Title holder 21 Sum totals 22 Common work station 25 Dogs with stubby noses 26 Tire-pressure letters 29 Dirt, to a gardener 31 “What a shame” 35 Did a 5K, e.g. 36 Pessimistic person 38 Advocate 39 Strong out of the gate 43 “___ words cannot express ...” 44 Poke around 45 “___ whiz!” 46 Some Borneo creatures 49 All dried up, as land 50 Feminine pronoun 51 Places with armchairs, often 53 Tinted, as hair 55 Hotel attraction 58 ___ and Gabbana 62 Words to Mom when not prepared for test day? 65 Undercover drug cop 66 Like the worst possible mistakes 67 Baby doll cry 68 Pt. of a Manhattan address 69 Like a snail trail 70 Guy missing a rib

DOWN

1 Edible lily 2 Profess 3 A noble gas 4 Dropped the curtain on 5 “And now, without further

___” 6 Damage superficially 7 ___ Nicole Smith 8 Walk heavily 9 Embark, as on a long journey 10 Skids crazily 11 What hot dogs do 12 Portions of joules 13 “I ___ afraid you’d say that” 18 Wall painting 19 “Les Miserables” author 23 Protein-rich bean (var.) 24 Some checkers 26 Program preview 27 Not as precarious 28 Prefix with “red” or “structure” 30 Detroit gridders 32 Erin go ___! 33 Have no reason to argue 34 Attempt to prevent 37 Made lovebird sounds 40 Likeliness 41 Animated fish 42 Big name in skimpy swimwear 47 Polite hat tipper 48 Smells just a bit? 52 Pilfer 54 Doctrine 55 One-vitamin link 56 E’en’s opposite 57 Abominable mountain creature 59 Laundry amount 60 “Girlfriend in a ___” (Smiths song) 61 Wax-coated cheese 62 Motel’s quaint relative 63 Bolt from the blues? 64 Furtive or sneaky