CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Allege

5 Leading

10 Animal foot

13 See ya!

14 Bedspread feather

15 Joyful

16 Royalty

17 Bird perch

18 Leered

19 French “yes”

21 Produces

23 Merited

24 Miss

26 Part of a min.

28 Makes hotter

30 Amplitude modulation

31 Rub clean

33 Carcass

34 Big knife

36 Type of glue 38 Fort (abbr.)

40 Pests

41 Wisconsin (abbr.)

42 Plutonium (abbr.)

43 But (Filipino)

45 Twelve months 46 Radio detection and ranging

48 Particle

49 Not that

51 Region

54 Thulium (abbr.)

55 Change

57 Sixth sense

58 Reporter’s question 59 Dickens’ Tiny __ 60 Ardent

64 Hotel

66 What dogs sit on

68 Hawaiian ‘hello’

70 Cereal plant

DOWN

1 Whiz

2 Travel term

3 Serving of corn

4 Candy brand

5 Jean Casimir-____

6 River (Spanish)

7 Teen hero

8 Tableland

9 Pretentious

10 Day one is paid

11 Native Americans

12 Walks in shallow water

15 Appliance brand

20 University of San Carlos

22 Footwear

24 Talkative

25 ‘Love’ (French)

27 Valentine’s day angel

29 Education (abbr.)

31 Distress call

32 Barium (abbr.)

33 British thermal unit

35 Clothing size

37 Bout

38 Fizz

39 Designer Hilfiger 41 Had been

43 Short for Pamela 44 Spielberg’s alien 46 Ostentatious display 47 Arkansas 49 Cotton plug 50 Horsepower (abbr.)

52 People from Asia 53 Licensed practical nurse

55 Book of facts 56 Goddess

61 Every

62 Lotion ingredient 63 Lounge

65 Prophet who built the ark

67 Tin (abbr.)

69 Skip

71 Boxer Muhammad 72 Summer skin color

73 Concord e.g.