Crossword
ACROSS
1 “Holy cow!” 6 “Atta girl!” 9 Like thinkers 14 Group that bestows a “Select” distinction on five board games annually 15 Barnyard mother 16 Paris parting 17 Arkansas’ __
National Forest 18 X, maybe 19 Something to
talk about 20 Kit__ bar 21 Ones responsible for paper cuts, briefly? 23 Comedian Rogan 25 39-Acr. locale 26 Like Vivaldi’s “Spring” 27 More diverse 29 Suffix with brom30 “Bambi” doe 31 Jane of fiction 32 __ Island: NYC prison site 34 Blood fluids 36 Director Riefenstahl 38 Buenos __ 39 Landmark that, in a way, is a border feature of this puzzle and a hint to what’s missing from 10 answers 42 Gumby’s pony 45 Othello, for one 46 Workers’ rights
org. 50 “... through __ window breaks?” 52 Together, in Toulon 54 Back to front? 55 Line score initials 56 Taken (with) 58 Egg: Pref. 59 In the manner of 60 P.O. box item 61 Short order? 62 Badminton need 63 Familia member 65 Tuna variety 67 Tippett’s “King Priam,” for one 69 “King Priam” is based on it 70 “Kidding!” 71 Argentine soccer superstar 72 Dogs in the AKC’s Working Group 73 Bonobo, for one 74 Wheeler Peak’s national park
DOWN
1 Blue Ridge range 2 “The Card Players” artist 3 Winning steadily 4 Train syst. across
Russia 5 “I wanna go too!” 6 LAX-to-JFK flight
shortener 7 Be shy 8 Dog star 9 Stand-up’s need 10 Words often heard after “shall live?” 11 Colder 12 Tragic heroine of Irish legend 13 Considerable achievement 22 Watson’s creator 24 Anthem preposition 28 Offered free use of, as a library book 33 Pottery oven 35 Treated like wine 37 “You’re safe with me” 40 Some field starters 41 Red-headed Disney princess 42 Oldest of the Seven Wonders 43 “Très chic!” 44 Add, as raisins to
bread dough 47 Elsa or Nala 48 Game with twotoned discs 49 Scotland’s island 51 Watergate pres. 53 Lay to rest 57 Donald Jr.’s mom 64 Singer Carly __
Jepsen 66 Hip follower 68 Green sphere