CROSSWORD

THEME: PEARLS OF WISDOM

ACROSS

1. “No way” partner

6. Lending letters

9. Basketball star Nowitzki

13. “Love,” ‡ Paris

14. ____ date

15. Kind of chisel

16. Infamous Ford model

17. Stuff in a tray?

18. Romanov’s edict

19. Bony chest plate

21. *It makes the heart grow fonder

23. *You can’t make an omelet without breaking one

24. Border

25. Prune

28. Block of granite, e.g.

30. Whacko one

35. Eye layer

37. Author Murdoch

39. Paparazzo’s quest

40. Common allergens

41. *Sure sign of fire

43. Like nay-sayers

44. Rid of obstructions

46. Done to trouble

47. Asian weight unit

48. Cold sore, e.g.

50. Object of worship

52. 9 to 5, e.g.

53. Not of the cloth

55. Famous frat house

57. *Louder than words

61. *They can’t be choosers

65. Allocated quantity

66. Famous T-Rex

68. Cereal killer

69. Prodded

70. *”No ____ crying over spilt milk”

71. Recycle, in a way

72. H or O in H2O, e.g.

73. *”You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ____”

74. Make tea, e.g.

DOWN

1. Midday slumbers

2. Fail to mention

3. Use a whetstone

4. Grossly unconventional

5. *Two of these do not make a right

6. Genesis man

7. Pimple fluid

8. ____ center for help

9. Home of Blue Devils

10. Ali Khamenei’s domain

11. CISC alternative

12. Genuflecting joint

15. Serious quarrel

20. Tangerine-grapefruit hybrid, pl.

22. Ballerina’s do

24. Non-living

25. *No such thing as a free one

26. Egg cell

27. ____ Cottontail

29. Picture on a coat?

31. Not this

32. Actor Hill

33. Weasel’s aquatic cousin

34. *A watched pot never does this

36. Hurry up!

38. Row of vagrants

42. With a jagged margin

45. Follows aim and shoot

49. ____ Diego

51. They’re usually golden or amber

54. Question in dispute

56. White heron

57. Caribbean color

58. Like a short reply

59. Burkina Faso neighbor

60. Big-ticket ____

61. Duff in Springfield, e.g.

62. Flu symptom

63. Kate Winslet in “Titanic”

64. *Beginning of a thousand mile journey

67. “This land is your land…”