Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Red on the inside 5 Like cheetahs 9 Outback mineral 13 Viking name 14 Ventricle neighbor 15 Bud holder 16 Explorer — Erikson 17 Bramble 18 Great gusto 19 Cream puff 21 Pond maker 22 Lemon peel 23 Fossilized plants 25 Smidgens 27 Great brightness 31 Chin features 35 Gaslight and Big

Band 36 Plenty, to a poet 38 — incognita 39 Tolerated 40 Monet

contemporary 42 Friction easer 43 Good conductor 46 Start all over 47 Machu Picchu

founder 48 Pale 50 Gave money back 52 Kind of ticket 54 Foolhardy 55 She loved Lennon 58 Float like a cork 60 Sawmill output 64 Revival shout 65 Rock tumbler

stone 67 Oaf 68 Smaller than

compact 69 Well-known 70 Ferber or Millay 71 Portico 72 Thin Man’s terrier 73 Big bucks?

DOWN

1 Butler, to Gable 2 Sir — Guinness 3 Means of

shipping 4 Blots out 5 Debate side 6 Dry as dust 7 Place 8 Runway

surface 9 Be the boss 10 Sanskrit dialect 11 Cold — — icicle 12 What libraries do 14 Rubbed against 20 Ca++, for one 24 Solitude enjoyer 26 Diner sandwich 27 Alabama town 28 Groom carefully 29 Starbucks order 30 Pilot’s OK 32 Palm branch 33 In a — (quickly) 34 Dinner course 37 Heron or egret 41 Overnight guest’s

spot (2 wds.) 44 Smelling salts 45 Kind of detector 47 Got some air 49 Bathhouse 51 Canteen

initials 53 Alligators on

shirts 55 Edible tubers 56 Leave out 57 Vegas game 59 Fiberglass

bundle 61 Grabbed a cab 62 Kind of buggy 63 Galaxy unit 66 Drink with scones