Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Thick, flat piece 5 Dirty streak 10 Slap on hastily 14 Ride seeker’s cry 15 Truce result 16 Humerus

neighbor 17 Luau strings 18 Brainy 19 Wield a hammer 20 Request

earnestly 22 Do some

free-falling 24 Stingy 26 Haul into court 27 Wagons 30 Give silent

assent 32 Summarize 36 Play award 37 Mellowest 39 Slugger’s stat 40 Many holidays,

now 42 Eurasian sea 44 Train alternative 45 Objects 47 Sack out 48 Lieu 50 Compass dir. 51 Nurses’ helpers 52 Drop — — line 54 Pledges 56 Accurately 60 Nauseous aboard

ship 64 Open-mouthed 65 Leg bone 67 Graven image 68 Epic 69 Raises the lid 70 Otherwise 71 Winged god 72 Marsh grass 73 Solar plexus DOWN 1 Ticket remnant 2 Big pond 3 Downsizes 4 Divided in two 5 Blank 6 Routine procedures 7 — Claire,

Wisconsin 8 Doesn’t hesitate 9 Smells awful 10 Paul Hogan role 11 Kyrgyzstan range 12 Where to earn a B.A. 13 Cotton unit 21 Codgers’ queries 23 Mongol tents 25 Explode 27 Travel kit items 28 Give or take 29 Dentist’s order 31 Becoming less

numerous 33 Wept 34 Humble 35 Ale servings 37 Reuben bread 38 Airline to

Stockholm 41 Said further 43 More prudish 46 GI entertainment gp. 49 Girlfriends in

Madrid 51 Detective’s cry 53 Choir members 55 Kid around with 56 Nosegay holder 57 Thickening agent 58 Emblem 59 Cry of surprise 61 Not active 62 Expense 63 “Fish Magic”

artist 66 Hotel offering