CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Soothing

ointment

5 Criticize harshly 9 Deep-voiced

singer

14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan

15 Every 12 mos.

16 Significant __:

partner

17 Place for junk

19 Genetic twin

20 “Honey, I’m Home” singer Twain 21 Wagons at midday socials 23 B and B’s, e.g.

25 Home of twigs 26 Did a marathon,

say

28 Relaxation of

govt. rules

31 Skip, with “out” 34 Turn loose

36 Annoys

38 Oft-stubbed digit 39 In time gone by 40 U.S. Congress,

informally

42 Enjoyed a meal 43 Web or nanny

follower

44 Reef makeup

45 Some youth ctrs. 47 Cotton gin

inventor Whitney 48 Defy authority 50 Approves

51 Dimpled facial

feature, perhaps 54 Game room

missile

56 From Tokyo, say 60 Overly large

64 Still in the game 65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11and 27-Down

67 Distance runner 68 Prescription

amount

69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway

70 Arterial implant 71 Seeks answers 72 Doe or stag

DOWN

1 “Porgy and __” 2 Half a McDonald’s logo

3 Old Italian money 4 Definition

5 Manually

6 “__ you comfy?” 7 Venetian blind

piece

8 Promote big-time 9 Italian lawn bowling 10 Book of maps 11 Small order of pancakes 12 FedExed, say 13 Unrefined minerals

18 ATM code

22 __-hair pasta

24 Extremely harsh 26 Fit for a monarch 27 Nuclear reactor 29 Get-well program,

briefly

30 Banished from

one’s country

32 Greek i’s

33 Golfer’s pegs

34 Doily trim 35 Needing no Rx 37 Like a fox, it’s

said

41 Lena who sang “Stormy Weather”

46 Took a drive

49 Wood-shaping

machines

52 Place of refuge 53 Chemically

nonreactive

55 Fish eggs

56 Traffic tie-ups

57 Touched down 58 Ginger ale or root

beer

59 “The Catch”

actress Mireille __ 61 Liver secretion 62 Shipwreck site 63 Stick shift choice 66 “Shame on you!”