Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Not insignificant 4 LeBron’s hometown 9 Pet food brand 13 Discontinued iPod
model
14 Saltine brand
15 Action word
16 Words after an
estimate
17 Divisions politiques 18 Those, to Pablo 19 *Award-winning
defense unit? 21 Sculler’s blade 23 Capri suffix 24 Trattoria menu suffix 25 Chaucer offering 27 “Stagecoach,” for one 29 Birdcage feature 31 *Manchester hospital
hookup? 34 Multichannel
36 Saturn SUV
37 One of the Nereids 38 *Either of a historic
PGA pair?
41 Neatnik’s opposite 44 Pioneering ISP 45 Warm-weather wear 49 *Enforcer of greenhouse gas restrictions? 52 Three-time Wimbledon champ 53 Directive
54 One of the three bears 56 Mai __
57 Arctic coast explorer 58 Consume
61 Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues 63 Mosque figure
65 Big name in craft stores 67 Response to being slain, in texts? 68 Khartoum’s river 69 Match
70 “Would __?” 71 Notable deed 72 Saratoga action 73 PC panic button
DOWN
1 British nobleman 2 Motivate
3 Mess (up) 4 Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017 5 Whistling vessel 6 Nation surrounding 10-Down: abbr. 7 Director Preminger 8 “Hidden Figures” org. 9 “__ Maria” 10 Enclaved African land 11 Tofu nutrient 12 Watch 13 Custom on some cruises 20 Multiple-choice choice 22 Louis XIV, par exemple 26 Wrap around
28 “I, Robot” writer 30 Champion swimmer/ actor Buster 32 Director Van Sant 33 Where ewes can hang out
35 __ even keel 39 Biennial games org. 40 Flightless birds 41 Making a touchdown 42 Metro area SSE of Casper
43 Major hassles 46 Updates the plant 47 Rush hour report topic 48 Suppress
50 Vein contents 51 Plains tribe 55 Source of hard and soft lumber
59 A bit cracked 60 Forum attire 62 Lackawanna’s lake 64 Ran into
66 __ welding