Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Meadow rodent 5 Ceremonial fire 9 Quipster 12 Unwelcome

obligation 13 Freeloader 15 Style 16 Good disguises 17 Vex 18 District 19 High school

sweetheart 21 Flowering shrub 23 “This Land Is

— Land” 25 Geraint’s love 26 Peace gesture 29 Zoomed 31 Mystery writer

— Cross 35 Jungfrau or Eiger 36 Hawke of “Alive” 38 Piano seat 39 Erik the Red’s son 41 “Shane” or

“Stagecoach” 43 Hence 44 Male relative 46 Attack on all sides 48 Bronze component 49 Inching forward 51 Cook in a wok 52 Start of a bray 53 Deli bread varieties 55 Pitfall 57 Stumbling block 61 Forested 65 Lightweight toy 66 Fast-growing vine 68 Non-soap opera 69 Heavy metal 70 It may be tall 71 Horse color 72 Diligent insect 73 Ago, to Burns 74 Tar’s patron saint DOWN 1 Wedding ritual 2 Step — — ! 3 Winter Olympics event Theme Softsoap (3 wds.) Hankering Vegas rival Pierre’s school News — fixe Eye drop Veld scavenger Fiat Two tablets, maybe Purposes Bring back to snuff Esteem Helen, in Spain Huge-cast films 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 20 22 24 26 27 28 30 32 33 34 37 40 42 45 47 50 54 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 67 Sticky fruit Nanook’s realm Motherless calf Solo Twig-and-mud homes Acted coy Extend the policy Gaelic pop star Cafeteria item Sure-footed lizard Insults Driving hazard N. Mex. neighbor Good, in Baja Right away Water whirl Cello kin Not know from — Prefix for “billionth” Meditative sect