Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Rounded

projection 5 Beast 10 Drop heavily 14 Director

— Reitman 15 Like some chests 16 Met role 17 Dweeb 18 See-through 19 Cornfield

menace 20 Bows down 22 Junk food junkies 24 Kind of rain 26 Deep-dish

dessert 27 Creepier 30 Indelible design 34 Auditory organ 35 Marinate 38 Japanese port 39 Make inquiry 40 Like some

showers 42 College degs. 43 Running mates 46 Met celeb 47 Drain cleaner 48 Tribal council 50 Wow 53 Fem. saint 54 Satellite launcher Case in point Spice rack item Snail — Raw-fish delicacy Smoke ham Kitty starter Rocker — John Orchidlike blossom We, in Le Havre Informal speech Song for two 55 60 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 DOWN 1 Connect 2 Pizzeria must 3 Naked 4 Win over 5 Most domineering 6 Bleachers cry 7 Small guitars 8 Freshman, usually 9 Transported 10 Small bundles 11 Onetime Trevi Fountain coins Smell Clumsy hands Digital watch readout Hi or bye Robot Make baskets Atelier item Annoyed Eating place 12 13 21 23 25 27 28 29 31 32 Rubber-stamps 33 Date palm locales 36 “Rope-a-dope” boxer Costner or McHale Injurious Herb crushers Young lady of Sp. Picks up on Chi follower Like old butter Model from Mogadishu Prefix for second In — (as found) Sort out This, in Havana Hindu teacher Cleveland’s waters Others Term of endearment 37 41 44 45 49 51 52 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 66