TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Hair goops

5. River to the Rio Grande 10. Christian name

14. ___ vera

15. Appeared

16. Halftime lead, e.g. 17. Procrastinate

19. “Buona ___” (Italian greeting)

20. Queen, maybe

21. Anoint

22. Cheapskate

23. Convened

24. No longer in

26. Guessed

30. Sideways

34. Aerial maneuver

35. 50 Cent piece

37. Dress down

38. Bid

40. Dracula, at times

42. Hairdresser’s locale 43. More favorable for all 45. ___ de deux

47. Be inclined

48. Treaded

50. Looks over

52. “Belling the Cat” author 54. Order between “ready” and “fire”

55. Tangle

58. Boorish

60. “We’ve been ___!” 63. Coil

64. Early name for nuclear reactor

66. Buddy

67. Shaped like a hemisphere

68. Length x width, for a rectangle

69. “Don’t bet ___!” (2 wds) 70. Go on and on

71. Freshman, probably 1. Apple variety

2. Brio

3. At sea

4. Undertake, with “out” 5. Bob Ross, for example 6. Coastal raptor

7. Possibly

8. Bony

9. “Comprende?”

10. Something wanted or needed

11. Bad day for Caesar 12. Shrek, e.g.

13. Back

18. “Yes, ___”

22. Allots, with “out”

23. Grocery store

25. Bar bill

26. High up

27. As yet

28. Balkan capital

29. Apply gently

31. Rattling sound from congestion of lungs

32. Agreeing (with)

33. Advances

36. Drivel

39. Drive away

41. Bug

44. ___ gestae

46. Shore, esp. a resort area 49. Treat

51. Reduced instruction set computer (acronym)

53. Spot broadcast, often 55. Jerk

56. Indian bread

57. The “A” of ABM

59. Call from the flock 60. Bring on

61. On the safe side, at 62. Campus bigwig

64. Make sense, with “up” 65. Congratulations, of a sort