New York Daily News

CROSSWORD II

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ACROSS

1 Soak (up)

4 Bottle lid

7 It cuts with the grain

13 One might be fraternal

15 National bird of Australia

16 Pop star Grande

17 Place that accepts plastic

20 Yearly

21 Colorful fish in a pond

22 Stitches

23 Last letter in the Greek spelling “Cyclops” of

24 Sch. in Cambridge

26 “___ Week” (Barenaked Ladies hit)

28 Worker with a stop sign

35 Peter Hernandez, ___ Bruno Mars

36 Catch some rays

37 “Wowzers!” 38 What a bloodhound tracks

40 Toupee, slangily

42 Astronomer Carl

43 Dehydrate

44 Org. with many return envelopes?

46 Web destinatio­n

47 Hook, line, sinker, etc.

51 Keanu’s role in “The Matrix”

52 Arid

53 Chatterbox’s “gift”

56 SIMPLE savings plans, e.g.

60 Graffiti, to some

62 Llama’s smaller relative

64 Stereotypi­cal nerd accessory, or a punny hint to the football positions at the ends of 17-, 28and 47-Across

67 Look up to

68 Curve

69 Like feet after a long hike

70 Less shallow

71 “I’m not impressed”

72 ICU workers

DOWN

1 Helmet fastener

2 Olympic legend Jesse

3 Folks with a blanket and basket, say

4 Musician such as Yo-Yo Ma

5 Buddy, in Bordeaux

6 Trick, slangily

7 Competing on a track

8 Wrath

9 Strikes topple them

10 Make full

11 Once more

12 Armed conflicts

14 Sch. in Greenwich Village

18 Clothing for hunting, briefly

19 Hoodlum

25 Pre-Soviet ruler

27 They often clash in Hollywood

29 Dude ___ (vacation spot)

30 Arctic native

31 Option if one wants to make a move?

32 Site with content from many sites

33 Genuine

34 Locale for thieves

35 Inch-long berry

38 Coppertone letters

39 Like insubstant­ial evidence

41 June honoree, familiarly

45 Hit the cue ball into a pocket

48 More tidy

49 Trail mix

50 Actor Chandler

54 Part of a squirrel’s hoard

55 Uncovers

56 Tablet with a mini variety

57 Traveled on a Harley

58 Peak

59 Ditch, as a class

61 Airport conveyance

63 Alternativ­es to Macs

65 Before, in a sonnet

66 Mineral deposit

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