CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Chess result

5 “NASCAR on NBC” analyst Earnhardt Jr.

9 Metalworker

14 Cancún coin

15 A party to

16 Island near Maui

17 *Devoted ESPN viewer

19 Uneasy feeling

20 Word after box or law

21 Bullish sound?

22 Wail

23 *Spec for sandpaper or salt

27 Coll. near the Rio Grande

29 Hard rain

30 Dance class topic

31 First name in skin care

33 Caddie’s offering

35 Make a wrong turn, say

36 *Quarry that supplies aggregate

40 Guys

43 Jai __

44 Quebec’s __ Peninsula

48 Racecourse shape

50 Ready for bed, briefly

53 Long-running CBS series

54 *Garden walkway component

57 Malarkey

58 Pachelbel work

59 Treasury secretary Janet

61 Sahara features

62 Last player selected for a Wimbledon ranking ... or part of each answer to a starred clue

65 Locale

66 Heck of a hike

67 Dell rival

68 Brings in

69 Actor Grant

70 Drive-__

DOWN

1 MLB rally killers

2 Researchers’ publications

3 To date

4 Klingon officer in the “Star Trek” franchise

5 ’70s hot spots

6 Strengthen, as glass

7 Seuss’ Cindy __ Who

8 Suffix with exist

9 Language student’s challenge

10 Medieval estates

11 Thankless sort

12 Preferable, gastronomically

13 Major success

18 Half a mint?

21 Contrived plot

22 Alert for an actor

24 Checkout printout

25 Unload, say

26 “Morning Edition” airer

28 Alternative to Margie

32 Noted period

34 Important

37 Square up

38 Hotel shuttles

39 Light earth tone

40 Short flight

41 Hurricane mandate responder

42 Tropical grassland

45 Sudden stop sound

46 Trailblazer

47 “C’__ la vie!”

49 Umpire’s pregame request

51 Olympic star Jackie __-Kersee

52 Deceptive

55 Wine qualities

56 Building wing

60 Challenge for an atty. wannabe

61 TiVo, for one

62 Agcy. concerned with fraud

63 Gershwin brother

64 R&B’s __ Hill