CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Has a balance

due

5 Fish with valuable

roe

9 Jeweler’s weight

unit

14 Extra-long dress

15 “Those __ the

days!”

16 Sister company of Enterprise RentA-Car

17 Wide smile

18 Arab League

dignitary

19 “The Thinker”

sculptor

20 Gets trounced

23 Crime scene clue exposed by dusting

24 Candied veggie

25 Apple operating

system

26 “I get it now!”

27 Palindromic

man’s name

30 Royal flush card

32 Cubs’ caretakers

35 Foamy hot drink

39 “College GameDay” channel

40 Vinyl collectible

42 Pork or beef

43 Tree houses

45 Veggies from Peru

47 Approx. landing

hr.

49 Ripped apart

50 Cloud’s place

51 Govt. Rx

watchdog

54 Fútbol cheer

56 Caribbean cruise

stops

58 Home of the Metropolitan Opera ... and a hint to the “honest” guy hiding in 20-, 32and 45-Across 62 Like much beer at

a bar

63 “Et voilà!”

64 Slack-jawed look

67 Salary increase

68 Managed, with

“out”

69 Brainstorm

70 Like a javelin’s

path

71 Russo of “Tin

Cup”

72 Russian

autocrat

DOWN 1

“Can u believe it?!”

2 Card-vs.-card

game

3 Highway turnoffs

4 Red Sea

peninsula

5 Sugary Southern

beverage 6 Blouse edges

7 Operatic solo

8 Churchill Downs

race

9 Milky Way

ingredient

10 Tons

11 Diameter halves

12 Essential acid,

familiarly

13 Salad bar pair

21 Etch A Sketch

control

22 Have a bite

23 Temporary stage

26 “I feel the same

way!”

28 Starbucks size

after Short

29 Planet’s path

31 Birth certificate

entry

33 Initial poker

stake

34 Osaka wrestler 36 Promos to pique

interest

37 Homes for pet

fish

38 Site with

homemade gifts

41 Pre-grilling

sauce

44 Bent down

46 Second to none

48 Every one

51 Plant life

52 Bahrain currency

53 Playful prank

55 Large keyboard

key

57 On the level

59 Social worker’s

assignment

60 Birthday candle

holder

61 Genesis garden

65 Split __ soup

66 Organ with a

canal