TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bind tightly 4 Cabbies’ income 9 Positioned 14 Add- — (extras) 15 Rodeo noose 16 Island country 17 Clean a fish 18 Shortens an article 19 Pass, as a bill 20 Survey findings 22 Bright beam 24 Williams of tennis 26 Barking 31 C-3P0 or R2-D2 34 Asian city 35 By oneself 38 Grouchy 40 Napoleon’s island 41 Aparicio of baseball 42 Hush-hush org. 43 Farm baby 44 Sarge’s pooch 45 Dry land 47 Ground breakers 48 Threat ender (2 wds.) 50 Decaf drink 52 Xerxes subject 54 Makes coleslaw 58 Fallback strategy (2 wds.) 61 Storage place 62 Percolate 66 Newsstand 68 Ms. Thurman 69 Kind of turf 70 World-weariness 71 Mid-Atlantic st. 72 Friend of Pythias 73 Guys like Hamlet 74 Sixth sense, briefly

DOWN

1 Roman garments 2 Harden 3 Banana oil, e.g. 4 San Joaquin Valley city 5 Provide help 6 Travel choice 7 Jazzy — James 8 Disrespectful 9 Everest guide 10 Oddjob’s creator 11 Tijuana aunt 12 And so on 13 Morse code signal 21 Spray cans 23 Facile 25 4-wheel drive feature 27 Type of graph (2 wds.) 28 Domed residence 29 Aristocrat 30 Pesky insects 32 Toe-stubber’s cry 33 Musical combos 35 Pleasure boat 36 Shocking 37 Quart, plus 39 “Dr. Zhivago” role 45 Animal that barks 46 USN officer 49 Draw off 51 Army duds 53 In the buff 55 Recital piece 56 Pocket change 57 Cut too short 59 Ricci of fashion 60 Beethoven’s birthplace 62 Youth 63 Spanish “that” 64 Banking convenience 65 — -Magnon 67 Seek damages