DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Remove politely, as a hat 5 Muscle cramp 10 Hang onto 14 Assert as true 15 One with dreads 16 Out of the wind 17 Topper for a toreador

19 On cloud __

20 Fill with joy 21 Feature that results in extra legroom on a plane

23 On __: sans contract 26 Bro’s sib

27 Indy 500 letters 30 How sale items are priced 36 Brewed beverage 37 Pseudonymous punk rock surname 38 “This isn’t looking good”

39 Turn back to zero 41 Picnic pest 42 Step between landings

43 “__ girl!”

44 Stir up

46 Press into service 47 “I’m so disappointed!” 49 Corrosive solution 50 PBS “Science Kid” 51 Crossed (out)

53 Previews that sound like they belong after the film 58 Eye-popping colors

62 Little Boy Blue’s instrument 63 System administrator’s task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30and 47-Across 66 “In memoriam” piece

67 Speak from a platform 68 River of Pisa 69 Change the decor of

70 Gall

71 Like the 10th frame in bowling

DOWN

1 Title for Maggie Smith 2 Speed-skating rink shape

3 Greek cheese 4 Houses with Greek letters

5 Full house letters 6 It may be two on a minigolf hole 7 US Open stadium namesake 8 Pringles rival

9 French painter Henri 10 Distributes 11 Hodgepodge 12 Carson’s successor 13 Bambi and Ena 18 Leave 22 Idiosyncratic twitch 24 Greek vowel 25 Sporty Chevy 27 Proverbial camel’s backbreaker 28 Canines, e.g. 29 Ziti or rigatoni 31 Brief beginning-ofclass activity 32 On key

33 DIY mover 34 Loud 35 Stooge count 40 Erodes, as savings 42 Sister of Venus 44 Enlarged the house 45 Census checkbox 48 Feel sick 52 Window sticker 53 Thunder god 54 Courtroom garb 55 Desertlike 56 Uncommon 57 Betelgeuse is one 59 Gumbo ingredient 60 Sisters

61 Lady Macbeth’s “damned” tormenter 64 Off-road transp. 65 Spelling contest