CROSSWORD

This week’s theme is: PRIMETIME TV. Clues marked with an asterisk (*) are themerelated. Solution in the Jan. 5 Rappahannock News.

ACROSS

1. *Fate of many “Game of Thrones” characters

6. “Death ____ for Cutie”

9. Back talk

13. *America’s funniest?

14. Spermatozoa counterparts

15. Salk’s conquest

16. 1/16 ounce, pl.

17. For every

18. Donor’s bequest

19. *Cookie’s drama

21. *“The ____ ____ Theory”

23. “High” drink

24. “Back in the ____,” The Beatles

25. Not square

28. *____ Grimes of “The Walking Dead”

30. Web connectors

35. Bagnold or Blyton

37. Urban myth

39. ____ Mara, Kenya

40. Stalactite site

41. *Celebrity dancers

43. River of Hades

44. Door openers

46. Sad sound

47. Owl’s cry

48. English or Irish canine

50. Type of word

52. Be nosy

53. Bridge site

55. Do this with hot drink

57. *Gordon Ramsay's turf

61. *Investors on "Shark Tank"

64. Gem State

65. East Coast time

67. Lumps of fuel

69. Andrea Bocelli, e.g.

70. Day before

71. Small island

72. Door fastener

73. Cuba Libre ingredient

74. Down and out

DOWN

1. Blu-ray precursor

2. De Valera’s Ireland

3. *“The Goldbergs” narrator

4. Do like sirens

5. Legwear monger

6. Deal with it

7. Park or Fifth, e.g.

8. Wire prickles

9. Acid gritty-textured fruit

10. One algae representative

11. a.k.a. Xi’an

12. *Frequently belted out in “The Voice”

15. Organized persecution of ethnic group

20. Train tracks

22. Any doctrine

24. Russia’s neighbor

25. *Family in “The Middle”

26. Foolish

27. Basketball foot maneuver

29. Army beds

31. 100-meter race

32. Impede

33. Bill de Blasio, e.g.

34. *Leslie Stahl’s minutes

36. Collection agency’s target

38. “Cogito ____ sum”

42. “Be quiet!”

45. Señor in Portugal

49. Fish eggs

51. One of B-vitamins

54. Unkind look

56. Nonpoetic writing

57. ____ and kin

58. Creative spark

59. Sunbathing results

60. Karate blow

61. Kind of cell

62. Leafy supergreen

63. Downhill racer

66. *“Law & Order” acronym

68. Pig’s digs