Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Flavorless 5 Eyeliner 9 Diminishes 13 Too smooth 14 Large lots 16 District 17 Overconfident 18 Lacquer ingredient 19 Chime 20 Funny 22 Future bride 24 Rocker — John 26 Mao — -tung 27 Reeves of “The Matrix” Hot number (2 wds.) Far East Go, team! Quaker pronoun Fortify Eyelet Stock ending Onion relative Caught ya! Buffalo skaters Ells Beauty’s swain He pounds a beat Move crabwise Most submissive Put up Lhasa — Get the lead out? Port near Kilauea In — (as found) IOUs Guitarist Clapton “Beat it, cat!” Iceberg sites Play a kids’ game 30 35 37 38 39 40 43 44 46 47 49 52 53 54 56 60 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 DOWN 1 Variety of pear 2 VIP transport 3 An astringent 4 School subject 5 Jeweler’s measure 6 Wild feline 7 Paycheck abbr. 8 “Saga of the Greenlanders” hero Advance money — -a-brac Part of N.B. Philosopher Tells the teacher 21 Held on tight 23 Blond shade 25 1066 conquerors 27 Tailless marsupial 28 Went wrong 29 Did target practice 31 Rear-end 32 Scarlett of Tara 33 Centering

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9 10 11 12 15 34 36 41 Visitor Gadded about Taunting cry Kind of tennis Evict (2 wds.) Gray-barked trees Finger’s opposite Brief snooze Formal, maybe 56 Huge crowd 57 Spectacular 58 Spanish pronoun 59 Three, to Juan 61 Retread 62 Ducommun or Wiesel Wharf Homer Simpson’s dad 42 45 48 50 51 55 63 66