Quick Crossword

Across

1 Corrosive compounds 6 Dog in “The Thin Man” mys

teries 10 Pork serving 14 Heath-covered wastelands 15 Fish tempter 16 What the little hand shows 17 Corporate world meal 19 Otherwise 20 Guys-only gathering 21 Lawyer: Abbr. 22 Artificial 24 Took a load off 26 Helps with the holdup 28 Manning of the NFL’s Giants 31 Instruction on a Steinway 36 Four times a day, in an Rx 37 Early Peruvians 38 Continental cash 39 Turn loose 41 Fry cook’s woe 44 Light bulb, in comics 45 Motionless 47 CD-__ 48 Political head 51 Obstinate beast 52 Back of the boat 53 Sky safety org. 55 Historic Spanish fleet 58 Eden dweller 60 Rope source 64 Aretha’s genre 65 “The Maltese Falcon” actor 68 Voice below soprano 69 Defib specialists 70 Disney mermaid 71 Burns or Byron 72 Pair of performers 73 CFO’s monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle’s four longest answers

Down

1 Bandstand boosters 2 Small water bird 3 Nebraska neighbor 4 Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff 5 Ukr. or Lith., once 6 Touch the edge of 7 “Oye Como Va” group 8 “__-Tac-Dough”: TV game

show 9 Walking obediently, as a dog 10 32 pieces and a game board 11 Havana “Hi!” 12 Force out 13 Chief exec 18 Ancient Romans 23 FedEx assignment: Abbr. 25 Capital of Samoa 27 Ordered (around) 28 Provide with gear 29 Singer Ronstadt 30 Thumb twiddler 32 More in need of a rubdown 33 Kama __: Hindu love guide 34 Tiered cookies 35 Societal expectations 40 Reacts to being ravenous 42 Like better 43 Big name in razors 46 “No, No” Broadway gal 49 Since Jan. 1, on pay stubs 50 Jumped 54 Now, in Nogales 55 Rush job letters 56 Caramel candy brand 57 Volume-off button 59 Flak jacket, e.g. 61 Whistle-blowing Brockovich 62 Talking TV palomino 63 __-mell: disorderly 66 Outback avian 67 Once around the track