CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Tbsp., for
example
4 Touchy monarch?
9 “United States of
Al” network
12 “Very droll”
14 Representation
15 Edible seed
16 Port near the Red
Sea
17 To date
18 Wild party
19 Near-EGOT winner Midler (she’s missing the O)
21 Org. with admirals
22 Reviews briefly
23 Gets gasps from
24 Bit of rebar
25 Philippine
currency
26 Word often
contracted
27 Text lead-in
30 “Oversharing!”
32 Home of the
Green Wave
34 Shrewdness
36 Inventing middle
name
37 Short two-pointer
41 “Critique of
Judgment” author
42 Animals drawn in
the Lascaux caves
43 Opposite of après
44 Madrid pronoun
45 Like email
notifications
48 33-Down
members: Abbr.
51 Update follower,
perhaps
52 “’And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!’”: “The Merchant of Venice”
55 Old TWA
competitor 57 Coastal raptor
58 Shady place
60 Signs
61 __ al-Fitr: end-ofRamadan feast
62 Greek letter
63 Apple product
64 “Therefore ... ”
66 Natural resources
67 “Star Wars” role
68 Star in Orion
69 “That’s that!”
70 1974 CIA spoof
71 Word with home
or bed
72 Tiny crawlers
DOWN
1 Obsessed mariner 2 Added to the official playbook 3 Start of a seasonal title 4 Fla. NBA team, on
scoreboards
5 “Not a doubt in
my mind”
6 Title, part 2
7 Chair’s prep job
8 Wimbledon
division
9 End of the title
10 Drumroll
follower
11 Comments
13 Part of a pot
15 Smelting fuel
20 “Around the Horn”
airer
22 It’s risky to work
on it
26 Slightly
28 Fix a messy
package, say
29 Certain rider’s
pace
31 Grooving on 33 Organization for
48-Across
35 Short strings?
38 Comment about a
familiar film
39 With the contents of this grid’s circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9Down
40 Salton, for one
46 __ control
47 RBI, e.g.
48 Booty
49 Increase
50 Not at all up-front
52 Puck handler?
53 Strong
54 Gets rid of
56 Long range
59 Mary’s upstairs
neighbor
64 MGM motto word
65 Stale