Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tip politely 5 Friendship 10 Approved

14 Taj Mahal locale 15 Longtime work animal

Michelin product Competition with runners It may be bid Target Field MLBer

20 Kind of code 22 Tense tennis

situation 24 Talons 27 Leveling wedge 28 Rhine whine 30 Opinion

32 Mass media

magnate 36 “Harrumph!” 37 Gillette brand 38 Showy

39 Old Testament

prophet 41 Strong aversions 43 Clothes closer 44 High-ranking

angel

46 Rebuke from

Caesar

48 Only NFL team without a helmet logo, on scoreboards 49 Big shot 50 Snorkeling site 51 Half a bray 52 Rock’s mate? 54 Splatter in a

puddle 56 Helped

remember 60 Diving action 63 Day when 46-Across was spoken

64 Key material 67 Subtle glow 68 Essence 16 17

18 19 69 More contemporary Bygone despot Night at an inn, e.g.

Blokes Conducted, as a meeting 70 71

72 73

DOWN

Like many a cellar

Fancy molding Mellophone’s orchestral cousin

4 Like the most

serious error 5 Lawyer’s org. 6 Wasp nest

component 7 Pupil’s place 8 Beech and birch

1

2 3 9 Inn for traveling students Hassock cousins Fuzzy fruit

“__ go bragh!” Bad impression Soap brand Embarkation location

Not being forthcoming about

Antitoxins Embarrass Hitchcock film trademark

With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers 33 Home on the

range 10 11 12 13 21 23

25

26 28 29

31 34 Clichéd 35 Home on the

range

40 Room for

vestments 42 Nice saisons 45 Sound prefix 47 Alien craft 53 Flood deterrent 55 Mower’s path 56 Readies for

sailing

57 Cut text, e.g. 58 City near

Phoenix

59 See the answer above

Like some vaccines 62 Oater bro

65 No longer

working: Abbr. 66 Mos. and mos.

61