Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Really big hit 6 Numero uno, with
“the”
10 One always ready with quick comebacks 13 W.C. Fields
persona
14 Strand during a
sleet storm, say 16 Green prefix 17 Football nonpassing offense 19 Fish eggs
20 __ the table: arrange silverware and such
21 MBA or MFA:
Abbr.
22 Behind, or hit
from behind 24 Farm song
refrain 26 Hasenpfeffer, e.g. 27 Open-and-__
case
30 Get one more card for twice the bet, in blackjack 34 36-Across skunk
Pepé
36 Warner Bros.
creation
37 Author Tolstoy 38 European peak 39 “Gosh, look at the
time”
42 Sundial seven 43 You, to Goethe 44 “Peter Pan” dog 45 Sediment
47 Car engine
measure
51 Arthur of tennis 52 “Unforgettable”
singer
53 Peter, Paul or
Mary 55 Philosophy school with no classes?
58 Biol. or geol. 59 “Bingo!” 62 Australian bird 63 Opening kickoff, say, and what both parts of 17-, 30- and 47-Across can be 66 Sailor’s “Help!” 67 Woodsy path 68 Deed
69 Gallery
hangings 70 Bldg. with a pool 71 “I Am of Ireland”
poet
DOWN
1 Lat. and Est.,
once
2 Grimace
3 Em, to Dorothy 4 Nine-digit ID 5 Alpine heroine 6 Astros Hall of
Famer Craig __ 7 Cardio readout 8 Blacken 9 Schedule
opening 10 Human/canine
shape-shifters 11 Screen symbol to
click on 12 Open-__ shoes 15 Tidied, as a room 18 Require 23 Cabernet color 24 Summer in Lyon 25 Western bad
guys
27 Cut drastically, as
prices
28 Prefix for “sun” 29 Elite group 31 Fancy neckwear 32 Mull over 33 Bam, bang or
boom 35 Sommelier’s
menu 40 Complex woven
textile 41 __-Caps: candy 46 Backstabber 48 Fenway team,
familiarly 49 SoCal Latinx
neighborhood 50 Puerto __ 54 Really cool
55 Big butte
56 Love, in Lima 57 Hat-tipper’s word
of address 59 Opposite of baja 60 “Stop right there!” 61 Shipboard yeses 64 Rocker Ocasek 65 Dessert pastry