Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Pond dweller 5 Doctor 10 Petty quarrel 14 Proposal 15 Curly-tailed dog 16 Water, in Baja 17 Swindle 18 Bitterness 20 Make a choice 22 Finders’ fees 23 Timidly 26 RSVP word 27 Actor Willem — Charged particle Sherpa’s country Matty of the diamond Hair goo Famous Khan Bring up Nestled Baseball’s Mel — Do a slow burn Glassmaker — Lalique 48 Type of spray 50 Mr. Tolstoy 51 Surfer slang 52 Alert color 54 Out of kilter 56 Glide lightly 60 Type of

cracker 64 Not daunted 67 Pinch 68 Congers 69 “Lohengrin” or “Tosca” Now, to Caesar Bug repellent Blunt Like slate 30 32 36 37 39 40 42 44 45 47 70 71 72 73 DOWN 1 Robins’ beaks 2 Actress — Adams 3 Healthy 4 Dates (2 wds.) 5 Singer — Robbins 6 Barely make it 7 Negative prefix 8 Cato’s road 9 Hollow stems 10 Nogales nosh 11 Disney CEO Bob — 12 Endow 13 Oily substances 19 Coiled about 21 Ernesto Guevara 24 Big name in trains 25 — Kippur 27 Writer — Runyon 28 Prince Val’s wife 29 Printer’s assortments Tortilla snacks 31 33 Grew ashen 34 Old satellite launcher 35 Put cargo on board 37 “The Gold-Bug” author Unpaid Small land masses Nodding off Iced drink Portrait painter Psst! Audition tapes Early camera Went to court Trouser part Out of work Entranced Travel Active volcano Spicy Stadium cheer Make a wrong move 38 41 43 46 49 51 53 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 65 66