Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hanukkah pancakes 7 Choose
10 Bit of matter 14 Palindromic album by Jeff Lynne’s band 15 Caesar’s lucky number? 16 Cook, as a casserole
17 Did as told
18 Unagi sushi pieces 20 *Entrance to a sewer 21 *Outdoor board game? 23 Midwives’ assistants 24 Funny Fields
26 Little salamander 27 Prickly plant 29 Journalist/activist ___ B. Wells
31 The Hulk’s punch 35 Unleash
37 “... you know the rest”: Abbr.
39 Outer: Prefix
40 Santa ___
41 Criticize in a tweet, say 44 Up to, in ads
45 Fifth of a nickel
47 “Silly me!”
48 Two-rod antenna 50 Singer who lost her $? 52 Tin Man’s liquid 54 Palate cleansers after meals 55 Harvest 57 “Goodnight” girl of song 59 *Narrowly categorize 62 *Whale’s opening 63 “Green Eggs and Ham” character 66 Hawaiian or Samoan 68 2014 film about boxer Muhammad
70 Placed on a peg 71 #MeToo ___ 72 Mythical fire-breather 73 Clucking mothers 74 Unchangeable 75 Stomach neighbor
DOWN
1 Hover ominously
2 Actress Jessica 3 Wonder Girl’s team
4 *A child might spy through one
5 Word before “guitar” or “fan”
6 “Same”
7 Appliance with racks 8 *Mouth, rudely 9 Spanish diacritic 10 Personal website section 11 “That’s a ___ order!”
12 Its panhandle touches Colo. 13 Military cafeteria
19 This answer crosses four of them
22 Camping gear store 25 Dory propeller 26 Western defense grp. 27 With 34-Down, regions that can only be entered
... and a hint to the starred answers 28 Opera singer Fleming 30 Territory of India’s capital
32 Behave appropriately 33 One of a clown’s pair 34 See 27-Down
36 ___ Thai (stir-fry dish)
38 Jersey’s chew
42 *Tax law flaw
43 Sci-fi anomaly 46 Groups of comments 49 *Low-tech camera type 51 A gazillion years: Var. 53 Rap’s ___ Kim 56 Quito’s range 58 Sports no-nos, slangily 59 White part of an orange 60 “Ah, of course!” 61 Narrow valley 62 Unruly child 64 Common succulent 65 Twin Cities’ state: Abbr. 67 Homophone of “air” 69 Bad start?