Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Stand behind 5 Microscopic animal

(var.) 10 Pet lovers’ gp. 14 Exasperate 15 Kind of clip or

tiger 16 Say grace 17 Bouquet 18 Napoleon’s fate 19 “— kleine

Nachtmusik” 20 Entertainer

— Newton 22 Flimflams (2 wds.) 24 Units of work 27 Stroll 28 Bad guys 32 “Titanic” award 36 “Shogun” apparel 37 Not taut 39 Noted frontiersman 40 Tenets 42 Nearer the facts 44 Bad mood 45 Pennies 47 Pipe joint 49 Prompter’s hint 50 Follow 51 Generously 53 Rate of motion 56 Stooped down 57 Dian Fossey’s friends Electronics giant Under the covers Crumble away Machine for weaving Hoop’s place Strongman of myth Sidle past Noted limerick maker Short essay Jockey’s need 61 65 66 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 DOWN 1 Facial feature 2 Verdi masterpiece 3 Jade 4 Central part 5 Imitate 6 To the — 7 Grand in scale 8 Underneath 9 Hippodrome 10 Talks about (2 wds.) Ever so proper Sugar source Skippers’ OKs Pitchers’ stats Dollop Thin gold layer Entrap Diva’s asset “Hedda Gabler” author Sketches 11 12 13 21 23 25 26 28 29 30 31 Long oar 33 Sofa 34 Cancel 35 Type in again 38 Shish — 41 More idiotic 43 Roam about 46 It has flippers 48 Finishes first 52 Less fresh 54 Football shoe part 55 Sagan’s “pale blue dot” Audacity Wind instrument McEntire of country Fish choice Bump Hindu mystic Black cat, perhaps Stop up Vane dir. 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 67 68