TODAY’S CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Howl at the moon
4 Like some necessities
8 Kind of committee (2 wds.) 13 Comic swamp critter
14 Black gem
15 Dunne or Castle
16 “Make — — for it”
17 Not yet reviewed
19 Guide
21 Weep loudly
22 To be, to Brutus
23 Island near Corsica
25 Cruxes
27 Like some speeches
31 Drove, slangily
35 Narrow inlet
36 Go right in
38 Swell out
39 Heavy string
41 Hindu lute
43 Deli scale word
44 Dog-tired (2 wds.)
46 Apple drink
48 Debussy subject
49 Mouthed off
51 Put up with
53 Idaho neighbor
55 Ricci or Foch
56 “Misery” co-star
59 Pistachio
61 Took forcibly
65 Uncertain about which course to choose
68 Kind of ranch
69 Where Valletta is
70 Not into the wind 71 Pizzazz 72 Luster 73 Travel on snow 74 Molasses-based drink
DOWN
1 Make a tunnel
2 Water, in Tijuana
3 Thataway
4 French royals
5 Sothern or Blyth
6 Whiskey grains
7 Big oil company
8 Rifle range command
9 Loses moisture (2 wds.)
10 Roost sitters
11 Small bills
12 Yield territory
13 Crony
18 Just touch
20 Vogue rival
24 Caper
26 Move up and down
27 Ocean predators
28 String-quartet member
29 Titled men
30 Jokester’s query (2 wds.)
32 Peruvian animal
33 Wading bird
34 Steel plow inventor
37 Ecological hazard
40 Break apart
42 Put back on the market 45 Mesh
47 Descartes’ name
50 Elcar or Carvey
52 Viking, perhaps
54 Kauai dances 56 Machine parts
57 Mumbai nanny
58 Competent
60 “— it like it is”
62 Bantu people 63 Imported cheese
64 Cozy room
66 Roomy vehicle
67 Bridal notice word