Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Excites, with “up” 5 Programs opened with a fingertip 9 Furtive attention-getters 14 When doubled, a fish 15 Computer folder item 16 Musical eightsome 17 *Air Force topper 19 Go halfsies 20 Creator of the Hundred Acre Wood 21 Onetime comm. giant 23 Concerning 24 *Subconscious revelation 28 Unethical
31 __ brûlée: custard dessert
32 Wild hog 33 Excite, with “up” 35 Up to now
38 Pipe shape 39 *Solution for an itchy Spot? 42 __-Magnon 43 Honking birds 45 Cookie container 46 Woman in a family tree
47 Armada 50 Eurasian grasslands 52 *Escapes
55 Beat really fast 56 “Gimme a __” 57 Cacophony
61 Not up to the task 63 Opposites, and what the answers to starred clues literally contain
66 Ford replaced him as VP 67 Folded Tex-Mex treat 68 Daily paper material 69 Back in style 70 Underworld river 71 Stun with a police gun
DOWN
1 Radio switch 2 Landlocked African country 3 Three-time Masters champ Mickelson 4 Formally accept, as a delivery 5 Toward the stern 6 Camera shot
7 Kilt pattern
8 __ tank
9 Neg. opposite 10 Deep divides 11 Hockey trophy 12 Purple-haired twin on “The Simpsons” 13 Brew
18 German gent 22 Shingle sealant 25 Royal wedding guest, perhaps
26 Peter Fonda’s beekeeper
27 Tide type 28 “__ your pardon” 29 Spy story staple 30 Like evildoers 34 Laundry tub 36 Shore bird 37 Youngsters 39 Charges for members 40 Part of DJ 41 Really enjoying, as a hobby 44 Unexpected hit 46 Name officially, as to a position
48 Sci-fi invaders 49 Robberies 51 Seemingly forever 52 Monastery figure 53 Jessica of “American Horror Story” 54 Panache 58 Thought 59 Hems, but doesn’t haw 60 To be, to Brutus 62 Word before time or piece
64 Like an “if looks could kill” look
65 Quaint curse