CROSSWORD II

ACROSS

1 Make quick, light cuts 5 Traffic caution color 10 Intentionally not

spend 14 Tibetan religious

figure 15 Immature

insect 16 Written course

conclusion, often 17 Rightness or

relevance 20 Standard or

foundational 21 Give as a

privilege 22 Thrust a bayonet 25 Hindu garment 26 Middle-Earth

creature 29 Opera highlight

provided by one 31 Tightening

muscle 35 Extinct New

Zealand bird 36 Left-hand side of

a book 38 “To ___ his own” 39 Asset for social people 43 Notorious Roman emperor 44 Graceful bird known for wading 45 Sparkler in a setting 46 “Break a leg” and “running on empty” 49 Word with “help” or “control” 50 Munched 51 Feudal estate 53 Lots of bucks? 55 One who lives far from work 58 Strengthen an embankment 62 Learn-on-the-job positions 65 Every single day has one 66 Use, as the good china 67 Like Columbus at work 68 ___ gin fizz 69 Lots and lots 70 Tavern offering

DOWN

1 Huge portion of cake 2 Vintner’s valley 3 Small testers of one’s patience 4 City of Lights 5 High mountain 6 Put a scratch on, for example 7 Cheese from 4-Down’s country 8 Linda or Dale of entertainment 9 Some drum sounds 10 Military lookout 11 Certain skating leap 12 Part of a flowery presentation, sometimes 13 Letters on ambulances 18 6 x 9 in. book size 19 Nickname for Ireland 23 General vicinity 24 Kind of 70-Across 26 Muscat native 27 Did a dude ranch activity 28 Bay of Naples isle 30 Fire residues 32 Steppe antelope 33 Eight things, collectively 34 Dumb, for some, e.g. 37 Directed a small boat 40 Topmost beam of a home 41 Trunk covered in bark 42 Makes a deduction 47 5,280 feet 48 Fishes with expansive nets 52 Curled up 54 Drug offender’s option, sometimes 55 Valuable, milky stone 56 ___ snuff (good enough) 57 Baptism or marriage ceremony, e.g. 59 Workbench clamp 60 Sword used in competitions 61 Russian leader, once 62 Commercials 63 Dairy producer 64 Some print shop measures