DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pats down in a weapons search 7 Gather, as crops 11 Theater ticket word 14 __ Beach: Southern California city 15 Memorable lioness 16 Imprecise suffix 17 Well-suited to a person’s abilities 19 Pontiac muscle car 20 One-named “Tik Tok” singer 21 College-level HS science course 23 Bundle of hay 26 Kid’s riddle: “Why is six afraid of seven?” “Because seven __ nine!” 28 Range above 41Down 29 Gift giver’s eager urging 32 Hire 34 Like Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” 35 Arrow controlled by a mouse 37 Little piggies 40 Salad green 42 LinkedIn user’s quest 44 Of sound mind 45 Fancy fish eggs 47 Shapiro of NPR 48 Punctual 50 __ of honor: wedding party VIP 52 Smell 53 Late-night NYC show 55 Tenant’s payment 56 Like bouquets of roses 58 Dining room piece 61 Former soccer phenom Freddy 62 Unpretentious 67 Pen tip 68 Reverberate 69 Science journal since 1869 70 Obtain 71 Lion’s warning 72 What there may not be “in the house” during a tearjerker
DOWN
1 Annual shot target 2 Knock (on) 3 “Here __ again!” 4 Submerged 5 Joint above the ankle 6 Cheeky talk 7 Tells, as a story 8 Building wing 9 On the ocean 10 Online remittance app 11 “Correctamundo!” 12 Bone: Pref. 13 “To __ it may concern” 18 “Figured it out!” 22 Fabric 23 Reaches 212 degrees Fahrenheit 24 Sleep disorder 25 Made certain 27 Expressive online image 30 RN’s workplace 31 Stanley of “The Hunger Games” 33 Golf tournament kickoff 36 Paper purchases 38 Disgraced energy firm 39 Period of work 41 Range below 28-Across
43 Half a bikini 46 Only “V” Monopoly avenue not named for a state 49 __ Joe’s 51 Peace agreement 52 Song from the past 54 Chin-up muscle, briefly 56 Vampire tooth 57 Not of sound mind 59 “007” James 60 Kind of jet 63 “Huh!?” 64 Regret 65 The old college __ 66 Giggle sound