TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nesting place

5 Cathedral part

9 Cheapen

14 Inkling

15 Face-to-face exam

16 Type of spray

17 Coast downhill

18 Popular salad

19 Durable fabric

20 Small dog, for short

21 Totally destroy

23 Fetch

25 One way to start

26 Kegler’s target

30 Raised up

35 Spanish “that”

36 Shortly

38 More scarce

39 Lamb’s alias

41 Grind one’s teeth

44 Pierce with a horn

45 Denims

47 Dry, as champagne

49 Aunt, in Madrid

50 Halted

53 Piled up

55 Territory

57 Decide

58 Chief minister

63 Wool givers

67 Cube inventor

68 Ride seeker’s shout

69 Latin 101 word

70 Graceful and quick

71 Prayer ending

72 Diva — Gluck 73 Fare counter 74 Jingle 75 Zen question

DOWN

1 Sibilate

2 Not employed

3 Mild-mannered

4 No-goodnik (2 wds.)

5 Jotting down comments

6 — — for one’s money

7 Sajak’s cohost

8 She loved Lancelot

9 Kind of protest

10 Sob noisily

11 Populous continent

12 Ice melter

13 She, in Cherbourg

22 Witch’s curse

24 Ecol. watchdog

26 Tips over

27 Dot in a river

28 Easily conned

29 Tours turndown

31 Dawdle

32 Horses’ gaits

33 Like a haunted house

34 Be frightened of

37 Capture

40 Draw a bead on

42 Tijuana “Mrs.” 43 Indulging

46 Dollar, slangily

48 Knock politely

51 Before

52 Frat letters 54 Run in the raw

56 1836 battle site

58 Hit the books

59 Not itty-bitty

60 Not much (2 wds.) 61 Cleopatra’s river

62 Wagon pullers

64 The younger Guthrie

65 Nursery word

66 Hockey’s — Mikita