Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Something to pay 5 “Nothing’s
broken”
9 Lawn game
14 Fir fellers
15 Cool off in a shallow stream, say
16 Weasley family
owl
17 Substantial
return 20 Popeye’s
nemesis 21 Zagreb native 22 Salon creations 23 NCR product 24 “You betcha” 26 Mohel’s rite 28 Color named for
a dancer 34 Dodger who befriended Jackie Robinson
35 Peter of “The
Maltese Falcon” 36 Word of regret 39 Sudden burst 42 9/11 Commission
chair Tom
43 Star transports 45 Emulated Van Winkle, after 20 years
47 Bleeping
51 Toni Morrison
novel 52 Reluctantly absorb, as a loss
53 Little bite 56 Admiral’s rear 59 Toon duck
triplet
61 “Fame” singer
Cara
63 Making a killing in Vegas ... or what happens in 17-, 28- and 47-Across
66 Do the Thanksgiving honors
67 Start to scope 68 __ fixe
69 Pulled a fast one
on
70 Beef bourguignonne, for one
71 Old geopolitical
states: Abbr.
DOWN
1 Flintstone word 2 Hold in awe 3 Anesthetize
4 Air Force NCO 5 __ Jima
6 Italian
noblewoman 7 Dump feature 8 Jedi Master
Obi-Wan __ 9 Brutish 10 Uranus, for one 11 Scummy
deposit 12 Gabrielle Chanel,
familiarly 13 Fraternal order 18 British detective played by Michael Kitchen 19 Deserve
25 Lager
alternatives 27 Like many
addresses 29 Incendiary acts 30 Race for four,
commonly 31 Dander
32 Gun lobby org. 33 “Jeopardy!” whiz
Jennings 36 Priest’s white
garment
37 Unlike Abner,
really 38 Geriatrician’s gp. 40 Bug on the road? 41 Dancing girl in “Return of the Jedi”
44 Moved stealthily 46 Journalist Couric 48 Wells’ sci-fi race 49 Bully’s array 50 Works with
dough
54 Word with tube or
circle
55 Some toys, briefly 56 It’s sung to the same tune as “Twinkle, twinkle” 57 Lady of the Haus 58 Md. athlete
60 “__ a Kick Out of
You”: Porter song 62 Slugger’s stats 64 Latin greeting 65 Fell, as firs