CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 ‘Plasma’ variant 5 Treaty 9 Cabbage cousin 13 Incline 14 Florida city 15 Land mass 16 Ended 17 Native Americans 18 Come close to 19 Discrimination 21 Seaweed substance 22 Cheats 24 California university 26 Extremity 29 Beat 31 Approximate date 34 Palter 35 Block of metal 37 Boat movers 39 Screamer’s throat dangler 41 Hoopla 42 American gasoline company 43 Plateau 44 Synthetic fabric 46 Large constellation 47 Stairway post 50 Young Men’s Christian Association 51 Eastern Time 52 Reserve Officers Training Corps 53 Yowl

55 City in Yemen 58 Rules 62 Blintz 63 Railroad track 66 Capital of Western Samoa 67 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

68 Ell

69 Not women’s 70 Musical symbol 71 What falls 72 Gets bigger DOWN

1 Not cons 2 Clean 3 Charge card 4 Small bunch of flowers 5 Crony 6 Prayer ending 7 Computer part 8 Make lace 9 Australian icon 10 At sea 11 Prevaricator 12 Hearing part 14 Cotton plug 20 Asian country 21 Boxer Muhammad 23 Sweet stuff 25 Cubic centimeter 26 Short for aluminum 27 Shattered 28 River

30 Not yesterday 32 TV channel enhancer 33 The Ram 36 Designer Hilfiger 38 Gap 40 Jennifer ___ (“The Hunger Games”) 42 Coarse 45 Cooler 48 Billion years 49 Turkish lira (abbr.) 54 South American animal

55 Dog food brand 56 Follow a regimen 57 Gas burner 59 Vertex 60 Alcoholic drink 61 Talk back 62 __bon (sweet treat)

63 Bad (prefix) 64 East northeast 65 Game official