The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 “High Voltage”

band

5 Sprang

10 Neaten (up) 14 Cry out loud 15 Lauder of

makeup 16 Inkling

17 *”In my uninformed opinion ... “19 Russian

dynast

20 Not

prohibited 21 Biennial games

gp.

22 Word with fall or

fill

23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying

27 Western defense

gp.

28 “__ queen!”:

“Work it!” 29 Nowhere to be

found

33 Member of the

fam 35 Absorb with

bread, as gravy 39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues 43 Long-stemmed

mushroom 44 Director Lee 45 Like gloomy

skies 46 Monarch’s reign,

e.g.

48 Cellist’s need 50 *Become a better person, say

58 __ jockey 59 Satisfied sigh 60 “You win”

61 On the ocean 62 *Thoroughly

refute

65 Entry point 66 More loyal 67 Black-eyed __ 68 Celebrity chef

Burrell

69 Twilled fabric 70 Eyelid bump

DOWN

1 “Where

there’s __ ... “2 Typical Stan Lee

role

3 Wild dog of

Australia 4 Dagger’s

partner 5 Supervillain

Luthor

6 Second sight, for

short

7 Dined at home 8 1990s presidential candidate

9 Easy to set off 10 “Grease,” for

one

11 “My take is ... “12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus

13 Three feet 18 Baby-voiced red

Muppet

24 Lack of

difficulty

25 “__ just me ... ?” 26 Sunup direction 29 Elastic bandage

brand

30 Looking sickly 31 Artist Yoko 32 “Whatever!” 34 Barnyard bleat 36 Part of wpm 37 Can. neighbor 38 Future analyst’s

maj.

40 Lass

41 Elena Delle

Donne’s org. 42 Aviation pioneer

Sikorsky 47 Moves with the

times 49 Forsaken child

5/10/22 50 American buffalo 51 Apply to

52 Spy-fi great

John le __

53 Go time, in

military slang 54 Applauds 55 Apartment

window sign 56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of

“Wild”

58 Tot’s first word,

maybe

63 Act like a couch potato, with “out”

64 Poetic “before”