CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Suitable for growing crops 7 Rain unit

11 4x4, for short 14 Song with a story 15 Ephesus’ region 17 Hamburger Hill setting, briefly

18 L

20 Long order 21 Teacher’s note 22 Sparkling flapper accessory 24 Cobblers’ tools 27 M 31 Dumbledore and Snape, in brief 33 Range rover 34 Military meal 35 __ rasa 37 Clarinet, e.g.

39 F 45 Somewhat, to Salieri 46 “Circus Sideshow” pointillist 48 General vibe 52 Traditional doings

55 Skylit lobbies

56 R

59 George Harrison’s “__ It a Pity”

60 Kit Kat component 61 Capital served by the Queen Alia International Airport 63 Ballpark fig. 64 Secret message technique ... and a hint to four puzzle clues 71 Pulitzer novelist Harper 72 Strainer 73 Madrid-based airline 74 Vehicle for some trips

75 It has a head and hops 76 Ankle-related

DOWN

1 Simple comparison 2 Fan noise

3 Like

4 Like ignorance, at times

5 “Stay in your __!” 6 Ranger or Corsair 7 Compilation 8 Bulg. neighbor 9 Half of eleven? 10 Wall map insert 11 Nader’s “__ at Any Speed” 12 Alphabetically penultimate zodiac sign 13 Places in a cell 16 Alaskan site of the only WWII battle on U.S. soil

19 Layers of big eggs

23 School of thought 24 Quick

25 Stop shooting 26 Timber wolf 28 Fork-tailed flier 29 Coral habitat 30 Some Blizzard ingredients 32 Place to park a clipper 36 Scrat’s obsession in “Ice Age” films

38 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” 40 Juul product, briefly

41 Ninth Greek letter 42 Fletcher Christian, for one

43 Does as humans do? 44 Sprinkle, perhaps

47 Skin pic 48 In addition to that 49 Czar’s decrees 50 Traveled like Huck and Jim 51 Bolted down 53 Tip for fixing mistakes? 54 Highway behemoth 57 Camera part 58 Gamut 62 Daughter in “The Time Traveler’s Wife” 65 Spoonbill’s bill 66 Angled formation

67 “__ gotta run!” 68 Collection agcy. 69 Peeples seen in People 70 Actor Penn