Crossword

ACROSS

1 Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly 5 Skier’s challenge 10 Ref’s decisions 14 Finnish architect

Saarinen 15 Egg-shaped 16 Tipsy 17 Rich 19 To be, in

Bordeaux 20 English china 21 With 61-Across, seriously overweight fictional sleuth 22 Chick’s cry 23 Tree-toppling

tool 25 “That’s

cheating!” 27 Wine evaluators 31 Get in your face

about 34 Lisbon hello 35 Shankar’s

instrument 38 Personal, as

thoughts 39 Break in relations 41 Lawyer’s backlog 43 “I’m paying for

the drinks” 44 Dined at home 46 Indian breads 48 “A mouse!” 49 Sound equipment that may pick up a private remark 51 Prayerful chants 53 Scold loudly 56 Sticky stuff 57 “Cosmos” author

Sagan 59 Chief Asgard

god 61 See 21-Across 65 Healthful berry 66 Object of the puddy tat’s pursuit 68 Skinny 69 Dominican Republic neighbor 70 Triangle calculation 71 Prefix with -pathic 72 Max of

Dadaism 73 Consider

DOWN

1 Benches flanking

church aisles 2 Thoughtful 3 Guthrie at

Woodstock 4 Went for in an

auction 5 Homer’s

bartender 6 Pizza maker 7 Ancient Greek

physician 8 In __: not yet

born 9 Batted first 10 1993 film with an instrument in its title 11 2000s bestseller involving flying toys, with “The” 12 Fairy tale

meanie 13 Herding dog

name 18 Evil spells 24 Guitarist

Clapton 26 Muhammad in a

ring 27 Hebrew scroll 28 Samuel on the Supreme Court 29 Protective bar on

a flat roof 30 X-Men

co-creator Lee 32 Mythical lion’s

home 33 Arduous

journeys 36 Words that connect each pair of fourletter words intersecting at a circle 37 Unit at

Staples 40 Facebook

feature 42 Stocking tear 45 Zip, in soccer 47 Wintry and

white 50 Provide apparel

for 52 “Tough!” 54 No-holds-barred commercial competition 55 Advertising

link 57 Suffragist

Carrie 58 Tooth pain 60 Brooklyn NBA

team 62 Old Italian cash 63 Priceless? 64 Cheese from the Netherlands 67 Tiny songbird