Crossword

ACROSS

1 Soothing ointment 5 Criticize harshly 9 Deep-voiced singer

14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan 15 Every 12 mos. 16 Significant __: partner 17 Place for junk 19 Genetic twin 20 “Honey, I’m Home” singer Twain 21 Wagons at midday socials

23 B and B’s, e.g. 25 Home of

twigs 26 Did a

marathon, say 28 Relaxation of

govt. rules 31 Skip, with

“out”

34 Turn loose 36 Annoys 38 Oft-stubbed

digit

39 In time gone

by

40 U.S. Congress,

informally 42 Enjoyed a

meal

43 Web or nanny follower 44 Reef makeup 45 Some youth

ctrs.

47 Cotton gin inventor Whitney 48 Defy authority 50 Approves 51 Dimpled facial feature, perhaps 54 Game room

missile 56 From Tokyo,

say

60 Overly

large

64 Still in the

game 65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down 67 Distance

runner 68 Prescription

amount 69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway 70 Arterial

implant 71 Seeks

answers 72 Doe or stag

DOWN

1 “Porgy and __” 2 Half a McDonald’s logo

3 Old Italian money 4 Definition 5 Manually 6 “__ you comfy?” 7 Venetian blind piece 8 Promote big-time 9 Italian lawn

bowling 10 Book of

maps 11 Small order of pancakes 12 FedExed,

say 13 Unrefined

minerals 18 ATM

code 22 __-hair

pasta 24 Extremely

harsh

26 Fit for a

monarch 27 Nuclear

reactor 29 Get-well program, briefly 30 Banished from one’s country 32 Greek i’s 33 Golfer’s pegs 34 Doily trim 35 Needing

no Rx

37 Like a fox,

it’s said 41 Lena who sang “Stormy Weather” 46 Took a

drive 49 Woodshaping machines 52 Place of

refuge 53 Chemically

nonreactive 55 Fish eggs 56 Traffic

tie-ups 57 Touched

down 58 Ginger ale or

root beer 59 “The Catch” actress Mireille __ 61 Liver

secretion 62 Shipwreck

site

63 Stick shift

choice 66 “Shame on

you!”