Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Asks for a treat,
as a boxer
5 Site of a boxer’s
attack
9 Chocolate syrup
brand since 1928 14 Circus prefix with
bat
15 Diva’s delivery 16 “This __ much!”: “I’m overwhelmed!” 17 Rental vehicles
for self-moving 19 “Pleasantly”
chubby 20 President after
Madison 21 Mother-of-pearl
sources
23 Has title to
25 __ standstill 26 Tea biscuit 29 Designed for comfort and efficiency 35 Guffaw syllable 36 Pirate in “Hook” 38 U.S. state with the lowest average annual rainfall 39 Horse known for
its endurance 41 Wed
43 Not fer
44 Wisdom teeth,
e.g.
46 Fabled loch 48 Stooge Howard 49 Rainy day
protectors 51 Casual
conversations 53 Contend (for) 54 Bro of van Gogh 56 Dedicatee of an annual MLB tribute game 61 Snare
65 Lion’s warnings 66 Lost-one’s-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across
68 Lake craft 69 Bubbly-textured Nestlé chocolate bar
70 Muscle pain 71 Change for the
better 72 Tall tale 73 Classic Jaguars
DOWN
1 Wicked Witch of
the West creator 2 Reverberate 3 Mom’s mom 4 Become disenchanted with
5 Poe’s “ebony
bird”
6 Nest egg letters 7 Columbus ship 8 Chatterbox 9 Double-winged
WWI aircraft 10 Norway’s capital 11 Leave slackjawed
12 Arrive
13 “Sorry, my
mistake”
18 The Home Depot
competitor 22 Shows contrition 24 Noticed 26 Former
SeaWorld star 27 Off-the-cushion
billiards shot 28 Dental care
brand
30 Spanish queen 31 Caesar’s eggs 32 Molten rock 33 Meathead 34 Curved-top
candy shapes 37 Mosque visitor 40 Saloon
42 Exam
45 Made changes in 47 Play division 50 Wiggle room 52 Hair-removal
substance 55 White wader 56 26-Down, for one 57 Rich soil 58 “Great” dog
breed
59 Suffix with
Jumbo 60 Flightless bird 62 __ of lamb 63 Tennis great
Arthur
64 Crusty desserts 67 Goof up