Quick Crossword

Across 1 First name in old horror films 5 They’re earned at U’s

9 Serious wound

13 Suit, so to speak

14 Artist Matisse

15 Start to freeze?

16 __ fail

17 Polished orator?

19 Like C’s, in some cases

20 One way to go to a party 21 Steak __

22 Indication that the coffee is ready?

25 One in a large octet 28 Southernmost of the Southeast’s Sea Islands

32 Main line

33 Palindromic title

36 Skiff movers

37 Corp. money manager 38 Regret the choice of wall paint color?

41 Is, once

42 “__ Shanter”: Burns poem 44 Dance movement

45 Bridge along the Arno

47 Golf lesson topic

49 Becomes aware of

50 Carol Burnett, at the end of an episode?

54 Like some online purchases 57 Small case

58 Field unit

62 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created

64 Post

65 Cry of success

66 Sign of early spring

67 Senior __

68 Errors, say

69 PC connections

70 Gels

Down

1 Half a sex-ed metaphor, with “the”

2 Trade show

3 Floral necklaces

4 Explanation

5 Financial statement items 6 China’s Zhou __

7 System of shorthand

8 Warm the bench

9 Probe that visited Jupiter 10 “She’s a Lady” songwriter 11 British WWII gun

12 Put on

14 “Who __?!”: “Join the club!” 18 NBA commissioner Silver 23 Bring up

24 First killer whale to perform with a human

25 Accords

26 For dieters, in ads

27 Coffee asset

29 They may be manicured 30 Steaming

31 Beasts of burden

33 Ran into

34 Half a sawbuck

35 Zugspitze, e.g.

39 Manipulative sort

40 Olympics fencing event

43 Ice cream purchase

46 Parts of cloverleafs

48 Yokum cartoonist

49 Irving Berlin’s “Blue __” 51 Signs of crowd displeasure 52 Online biz

53 Deceptions 54 Goddess usually depicted holding an ankh

55 Food package amt.

56 Bizet’s “Habanera,” e.g. 59 Diligence

60 Comedy club hit

61 Stately trees

63 Bit