TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Coconut

exporter 5 Meadow mamas 9 Gator Bowl site 12 Pass over 13 Craft knife (hyph.) 15 Messy person 16 Stellar review 17 Fouled up 18 Salt or smoke 19 Short on iron 21 Win the contract 23 Give a punch 25 Earthen pot 26 Violin knob 29 Thames school 31 Barked 35 Morn’s

counterpart 36 Office copier 38 A bit creepy 39 Joker or ace 41 Advise against 43 Long story 44 Concede 46 Durable fabric 48 Berlin article 49 Tabloids’

“monster” 51 Pigeon cousin 52 Raw metal 53 Hard benches 55 Reminds too

often 57 Booth site

(2 wds.) 61 Recently 65 Water, in Tijuana 66 Drab color 68 Prof ’s place 69 Depend 70 Type of protest

(hyph.) 71 Nasdaq rival 72 Util. bill 73 Pound on the door 74 Comes unzipped DOWN 1 Knock — — loop 2 African-born

supermodel 3 Fast- talk 4 Inventory list 5 Performed, as

one’s duties 6 Combat 7 Pantyhose hue 8 Shorthand pro 9 Bungle 10 Petty of

“Tank Girl” 11 Under the covers 14 In a curious way 15 Misadventures 20 Holly shrub 22 Journalist —

Ducommun 24 Injured at

Pamplona 26 Thin-shelled nut 27 Hem and haw 28 Lysol target 30 Observed 32 Madrid art

gallery 33 Alpine peak in a

movie 34 “The Wreck of the

Mary —” 37 Inert gas 40 Exhibit 42 Equal to 45 Wedding- cake

part 47 Hertz leader 50 Furry

Jedi allies 54 Bwana, in India 56 Attacked by a

wasp 57 Dainty

pastry 58 Ess molding 59 Soothe 60 It may be raw 62 Gaelic pop star 63 Kiddie talk 64 Cousteau’s

middle name 67 Folks