DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Corrosive

compounds 6 Dog in “The Thin

Man” mysteries 10 Pork serving 14 Heath-covered

wastelands 15 Fish tempter 16 What the little

hand shows 17 Corporate

world meal 19 Otherwise 20 Guys-only

gathering 21 Lawyer: abbr. 22 Artificial 24 Took a load off 26 Helps with the

holdup 28 Manning of the NFL’s Giants 31 Instruction on a

Steinway 36 Four times a day,

in an Rx 37 Early Peruvians 38 Continental

cash 39 Turn loose 41 Fry cook’s woe 44 Light bulb, in

comics 45 Motionless 47 CD-__ 48 Political head 51 Obstinate beast 52 Back of the boat 53 Sky safety org. 55 Historic Spanish

fleet 58 Eden dweller 60 Rope source 64 Aretha’s genre 65 “The Maltese

Falcon” actor 68 Voice below

soprano 69 Defib

specialists 70 Disney mermaid 71 Burns or Byron 72 Pair of

performers 73 CFO’s monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle’s four longest answers DOWN 1 Bandstand

boosters 2 Small water bird 3 Nebraska

neighbor 4 Bottom-of-thebarrel stuff 5 Ukr. or Lith., once 6 Touch the edge of 7 “Oye Como Va”

group 8 “__-Tac-Dough”:

TV game show 9 Walking obediently,

as a dog 10 32 pieces and a

game board 11 Havana “Hi!” 12 Force out 13 Chief exec 18 Ancient Romans 23 FedEx

assignment: abbr. 25 Capital of Samoa 27 Ordered (around) 28 Provide with

gear 29 Singer Ronstadt 30 Thumb twiddler 32 More in need

of a rubdown 33 Kama __: Hindu

love guide 34 Tiered cookies 35 Societal

expectations 40 Reacts to being

ravenous 42 Like better 43 Big name in

razors 46 “No, No”

Broadway gal 49 Since Jan. 1,

on pay stubs 50 Jumped 54 Now, in Nogales 55 Rush job letters 56 Caramel candy

brand 57 Volume-off

button 59 Flak jacket, e.g. 61 Whistle-blowing

Brockovich 62 Talking TV

palomino 63 __-mell: disorderly 66 Outback avian 67 Once around

the track