Quick Crossword

Across

1 Remove politely, as a hat 5 Muscle cramp

10 Hang onto

14 Assert as true

15 One with dreads

16 Out of the wind

17 Topper for a toreador

19 On cloud __

20 Fill with joy

21 Feature that results in extra

legroom on a plane

23 On __: sans contract

26 Bro’s sib

27 Indy 500 letters

30 How sale items are priced 36 Brewed beverage 37 Pseudonymous punk rock surname

38 “This isn’t looking good”

39 Turn back to zero

41 Picnic pest

42 Step between landings

43 “__ girl!”

44 Stir up

46 Press into service

47 “I’m so disappointed!” 49 Corrosive solution

50 PBS “Science Kid”

51 Crossed (out)

53 Previews that sound like they

belong after the film 58 Eye-popping colors

62 Little Boy Blue’s instrument 63 System administrator’s task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across 66 “In memoriam” piece

67 Speak from a platform

68 River of Pisa

69 Change the decor of

70 Gall

71 Like the 10th frame in bowling

Down

1 Title for Maggie Smith 2 Speed-skating rink shape 3 Greek cheese

4 Houses with Greek letters

5 Full house letters

6 It may be two on a minigolf hole 7 US Open stadium namesake 8 Pringles rival

9 French painter Henri 10 Distributes

11 Hodgepodge

12 Carson’s successor

13 Bambi and Ena

18 Leave

22 Idiosyncratic twitch

24 Greek vowel

25 Sporty Chevy

27 Proverbial camel’s backbreaker 28 Canines, e.g.

29 Ziti or rigatoni

31 Brief beginning-of-class activity 32 On key

33 DIY mover

34 Loud

35 Stooge count

40 Erodes, as savings

42 Sister of Venus

44 Enlarged the house

45 Census checkbox

48 Feel sick

52 Window sticker

53 Thunder god

54 Courtroom garb

55 Desertlike

56 Uncommon 57 Betelgeuse is one

59 Gumbo ingredient

60 Sisters

61 Lady Macbeth’s “damned” tormenter

64 Off-road transp.

65 Spelling contest