Wonderword

15 17

ACROSS

For that reason Mekong River land “Settle down!” “Banjo on my knee” song of 1848 Weapon for Spain’s Philip II

18 Byrd 20 Frivolous 21 Female beast that sounds like a river 22 Strengthen 25 __ chi

26 The Byrds 35 Top often

with an image 36 Showing

presently 37 Power source 38 Gp. with related interests 40 Provides a

buffet, say 43 Disease

namesake 44 Staff figures 46 Object of a detective’s quest

48 D.C. VIP 49 “The Birds” 53 Organ with a

hammer 54 Unwilling 55 Root that’s a source of tapioca 59 Hip-hop star

Green

62 Bird 67 Butcher’s

offering 68 Many in Caltech’s faculty 69 Like troublesome mascara 70 Forest grazers Indian music 71 2 3

4 5 10 11 12

DOWN

Aurora’s Greek counterpart P-like letter Atlanta sch. fielding the Panthers Defeat “Major Crimes” force, briefly “And giving __, up the chimney ... ” Without siblings Encl. to an editor Eggs on crackers, perhaps Starting places Little on “The Wire” Running behind 13

Loving exchanges Works on a route Mailing label words Westernmost Aleutian Island

22 Join 23 Granola

relative 24 Like some hotel thermostats Sch. with an Asheville campus 28 Genetic

molecule 29 Insensitive, in

a way 30 Gyrate like Cyrus Neighbor of Arg. 32 Actress

Milano 33 “Whatever

you want” 34 Spray with

a hose

39 It has Giants but not Titans: Abbr. 14 16 19 27 31 41

Mythical aerial menace 42 Roman sun

god

45 Woolgatherer? Order to soldiers 50 Hollowed-out

area 51 Algerian port 52 With less

delay 55 Ozonedepleting chemicals, briefly 56 Donor drive target Browser’s find

58 Ward of

“House” 59 Candy __ 60 Periphery 61 Burnoosewearing leader 63 Word with sea or seed 64 Leaves

for a spot 65 38-Across

relative 66 CIA relative 47 57

HOW TO PLAY:

CIRCLE THEIR LETTERS ONLY. DO NOT CIRCLE THE WORD.

Administration, Appointment, Automotive, Business, Charge, Contract, Cost, Credit, Cruise, Date, Days, Deduct, Dentist, Departure, Deposit, Dispute, Doctor, Eligible, Files, Flight, Guest, Host, Hotel, Hours, Insurance, Money, Online, Owner, Parks, Phone, Policy, Price, Purchase, Refund, Rent, Reservation, Term, Ticket, Time, Website

Thursday’s Answer: Nonsense