Crossword

ACROSS

1 Try to tear

6 Dried poblano pepper 11 Casbah cap

14 Southwestern brick

15 Less decorated

16 Anger

17 Hard candies kept in apt containers (first 2 letters + last 2)

19 Trained for a marathon 20 Either “E” in ESE

21 Impress, perhaps?

23 Car loan letters

25 Wears away

27 Vowelless PC key

30 Prefix for “metric” 31 Battering ___

32 Bear buddy of Mowgli 33 Clumsy sort

34 Business slumps

37 Select group of invitees 38 ‘80s dance party staples kept in apt containers (first 3 + last 2)

42 Bungle

43 Delhi dress

44 Word before “force” or “the Force”

46 Asian dish that’s skewered before a food critic tries it 47 Rhody the Ram’s sch. 49 Bear buddy of John Bennett 50 Situated above

51 Alf ’s home planet

54 ___ de parfum

55 Fix, as a shoe bottom 57 Campus official

59 Have the rights to 61 Morning jolt sources kept in apt containers (first 1 + last 3)

65 Adversary

66 Justice Samuel

67 Nickname hidden in “Grand

Marnier”

68 Tina of “30 Rock” 69 Minister’s home

70 Alluded to DOWN 1 “The Big Bang Theory” character

2 Boise’s state: Abbr. 3 Legal representation document

4 “Dancing Queen” group 5 Less verbose 6 Lawyers’ org. 7 Completely exposed 8 ___ brulee 9 Parsley and lovage 10 Words after an estimate 11 Single silver bar wearer 12 Timeline segment 13 Buddhist discipline

18 Online brokerage firm 22 Upper massage target 23 Back in time

24 Heavy jacket

26 Drops a name, say? 28 Antarctic waters 29 Auction offering 32 Bleat 35 School fundraiser grp. 36 Red Cross supply

39 Suffix for “sea” or “moon”

40 Unlikely to thrive in group settings 41 Harangue

42 Org. with merit badges 45 www.stanford.___ 48 Sore wrist application 51 Money, in slang

52 Like Santa’s helpers 53 Some turns on the road 56 Con game

58 Sleek design prefix 59 Amiss

60 Bad luck in love, e.g. 62 Abbr. in a help wanted ad 63 Actress Vardalos 64 Ready, as an alarm