crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Capital of Western Samoa 5 Winnie the __ 9 Curative springs 13 Switzerland city 14 Forest clearing 15 Firm up

muscles 16 Latter 17 Made of oak 18 Ancient German character 19 Year (abbr.) 20 Tides 22 More confident 24 Hobble 26 Toddler 27 North of the

Beehive State 30 Wood cutting

tools 32 Knock off 35 Singer Paul 36 Granary 37 Mr. Donahue 38 Swish 39 Degree of expertise in karate 41 Poisonous

snake 43 Bullfight cheer 44 Soon 45 Points 47 Chilean mountain range 49 Staff 50 Queen City of

the South 51 What an animal does in the spring 52 Lodge 53 Asia 56 Angels’ head

wear 59 Variant of

checks 61 Like 63 Declare 64 Ireful 67 Hawkeye State 69 “Long live” 70 Beverage 71 Movie star 72 Tied 73 Water pitcher 74 Loaf Down 1 Efficiently 2 White fruit 3 Internal Revenue Service 4 Parlay 5 ‘Plasma’ variant 6 Furniture wood 7 Lyric poem 8 Rooster’s mate 9 Sashay 10 Rain 11 Green Gables

dweller 12 Oracle 14 Mongolian

desert 21 Not brunette 22 Distress call 23 Cotton plug 25 Pounds per

square inch 26 Duos 27 Muslim’s

religion 28 Goddess 29 Santa’s laugh 31 An expression 32 Island of southeast Greece 33 Lubricated 34 Sanctify 36 Prig 40 City in Yemen 42 Type of glue 46 Day of the wk. 48 New Hampshire

(abbr.) 50 Central nervous

system 52 From Iowa 54 Mummer 55 Popular American stadium 56 Own 57 Tel __ 58 Enjoy 60 Baker’s dozen 61 Absent without

leave 62 Sold at a

discount 64 Winter hazard 65 Affray 66 Whiz 68 Strange