Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Old storyteller
5 __ value 9 Worthless stuff 14 Eager
15 Muslim
community leader 16 Time of one’s life 17 Pops
20 Female bighorn 21 Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton’s “Star Trek: TNG” role 22 Tasteless gruel 23 Trio from Don
Giovanni?
24 Flow slowly 26 Manage, with
“out”
27 Parachute
attachment 31 Like “it,”
grammatically 33 Pops
36 Note from the
office
37 Buddy
38 Mild Dutch
cheese
42 Pops
47 Hardened 50 Replace on the
schedule 51 Poetic contraction 52 Christmas
pudding fruit 55 Take in the
groceries? 56 Seal-hunting
swimmer 58 Protective charm 60 46-Down work 63 Pops
66 Mound
67 Great start? 68 Ceremonial
grandeur 69 Changed course,
nautically 70 Worshipped
image
71 Long shot, in
hoops lingo
DOWN
1 Sheep herder in a 1995 Best Picture nominee
2 Swear
3 Come to the
surface 4 EPA-banned
insecticide 5 Skillful handling 6 8th-century B.C.
Hebrew prophet 7 Western burger
franchise __ Jr. 8 Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony
9 Turn red, say 10 Supreme
singer? 11 Current source 12 One of four on a
par-4 13 Metal-cutting
machine 18 Proprietor 19 Nocturnal
scavenger 23 Represent in
cipher
25 Part of rpm 27 “That’s the guy!” 28 First-rate player 29 Sleep cycle 30 Drains of power 32 Early online
forum
34 Fellow
35 Spot on a screen 39 Hydroelectric
power source 40 Sound system
equipment 41 Came upon
43 Mountain in the Tour de France route
44 Subject of the biopic “I’m Not There”
45 Guided by a
statement of faith 46 “The Poetry of earth is never dead” poet 47 Short and solid 48 Albania’s capital
49 Mortgage
provision
53 Taste sensation 54 Subtle, as a shade 57 Willing partner 59 Toy company with
theme parks 60 Reminder to take
out the trash? 61 British title
62 Best Game, e.g. 64 Passé
65 Get off the fence