Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Carouse 6 Liniment target 10 Wild guess 14 Nitrous —

(laughing gas) 15 Sledgehammer 16 Sledding spot 17 Punctuation

mark 19 Penny — 20 Mid-Atlantic st. 21 Desiccated 22 Bordered on 24 Temporary failure 26 Unexpected hit 28 Earthenware jar 30 About, in memos

(2 wds.) 31 Computer

acronym 34 Mob scene 36 Twig juncture 40 Coffee dispenser 41 Amazon menace 44 1040 org. 45 Not coarse 47 Prime-time hour 48 Very light wood 50 Tel — 52 Amount carried 54 Chewy candy 57 Brief flash 60 Grads 61 Space lead-in 63 Veggie-tray item 65 Roman’s garment 66 Expository

treatise 69 Walkie-talkie

word 70 Tien Shan

mountains (var.) 71 Gung-ho 72 Fringe benefit 73 For fear that 74 Soft leather DOWN 1 Freeway 2 Oust 3 Small pansy 4 Koch and Wynn 5 Inadvertently

reveals (2 wds.) 6 Love, to Pablo 7 Cod and Canaveral 8 Bewildered response 9 — hour (last

minute) 10 Hone 11 Trace of color 12 Make changes 13 Drained of

resources 18 Film spool 23 Always, to the bard 25 Luau dish 27 Vibraphonist

— Hampton 29 Check in 31 32 33 35 37 38 39 42 43 46 49 51 53 54 55 56 58 59 60 62 64 67 68 — Wiedersehen Hindu title FOX rival Fleming of spydom Sunflower yield Rx givers Spanish “that” Hostile Shellfish Set aside for Lemon cooler UPS truck Human eater Garlic bulb piece Ice-fishing tool Lhasa monks Familiar saying Bogged down On the summit Shed, as light Fiery stack Flamenco shout Frat letter