Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Little __ Muffet
5 Roger Bannister, famously
10 Speaker in Cooperstown
14 Elvis or CocaCola
15 “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken
16 Whisper
17 Interstate hauler
18 Ad prizes
19 Dramatic opener
20 Adagio and allegro
22 Leave the city to evade arrest
24 Like some tanks
27 Where the old woman lived
28 Permits to enter
30 Title of respect
31 Exec, slangily
33 Schoolmarmish
35 List to-dos
39 Intense anger
40 It has just one
64-Down
42 Shapiro of NPR
43 Delivery, as of a baby
45 Inter __
46 Recipe word
47 Relieved (of)
49 Comes to light
51 Secret fraternity member
55 Party or wild follower
57 Bit of encouragement
59 Vinyl-covered, as a floor
61 Worldwide: Abbr.
62 Absinthe flavor
65 Half a round on the links
66 Ohio’s lake
67 R&B family name
68 Budget sister company
69 Runs out of juice
70 “It’s true!”
71 Guido of Baroque art fame
DOWN
1 Light fog
2 Relatives of Slurpees
3 Server with a blush?
4 Piece of prose
5 A hot one can be problematic
6 Laid up
7 Island necklaces
8 Long, thin soup mushroom
9 Viscous plant substances
10 “Bingo!”
11 Japanese electronics company
12 Cut down the middle
13 “Goosebumps” series author
21 Gomez’s furry cousin
23 French capital
25 Road trip game
26 Approximately
29 Nabisco brand name
31 Jem, to Scout Finch
32 Psychic Geller
34 Ballerina Shearer
36 Completely dominates
37 Med. injury detector
38 Title for two Beatles
40 The good dishes
41 Discomfort cause
44 Makes four into twelve, say
46 Advanced course offering
48 Hold for questions
50 Take care of a kitty
51 Went down a slippery slope
52 Matisse of the art world
53 Knot again
54 Old-time laundry soap brand
56 Red Square figure
58 Place for singles
60 He loved Lucille
63 Cinque e uno
64 Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers