Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Brainiac

8 Campus eatery, for

short

11 Flying Solo?

14 Brewpub brew

15 Auburn University home 17 #2 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

18 Burger bun flavorings 19 Out-of-date

20 Usual people in a

roundup?

22 Small dogs

24 Trafficking org. 25 Insisted on it

29 Gaming rookie, in slang 31 “Treasure Island”

author’s initials

33 Cape

34 Six-sided state 36 Steinbeck’s “__ of Eden” 38 Simple card game

39 Pal of Sleepy

41 “Taras Bulba” novelist Gogol

43 Org. with Thunder and Heat

44 Eggs in a lab

45 Amino __

46 Chew (on)

48 Male bodybuilder 50 Uncle, in Mexico 52 Homecoming figure 54 Rock show venues 56 U.K. country

58 Palm smartphone 60 Welcomers at the church door

63 Car seller’s employer: abbr.

64 Like some celebrity memoirs 67 Desperate 69 Salaries 70 Composer Puccini 71 28-Down, essentially 72 Solid __ rock 73 Steams up

DOWN 1 Spaceship Earth locale 2 Unit at the pumps 3 *Friendly words to departing guests 4 Old-school “cool” 5 Has

6 Spoken

7 More heavily populated 8 Attorney’s assignment 9 Smart guys?

10 *Like medicine that works quickly 11 Smoked meat

12 Zion Church letters 13 “One Mic” rapper 16 Pasta sauce herb 21 *Extremely retro food regimen? 23 Drunkard 26 Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues 27 Former Swedish automaker 28 Southern veggie 30 *“Cruel Summer” band 32 Mineo of movies 35 Hyphenated fruit drink brand

37 Droop

39 Qatar’s capital 40 Done

42 Young fox

47 Hotel lobby hangings 49 Prefix with Saxon 51 Nervous 53 Remove calcium deposits from 55 Tennis great Monica 57 Area below the abdomen 59 Cookie bits in some Milka chocolate bars 61 “Born Free” lioness 62 Fly high 64 Gratuity

65 Rock producer Brian 66 HDTV choice 68 HDTV brand