Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 “High Voltage”
band
5 Sprang
10 Neaten (up) 14 Cry out loud 15 Lauder of makeup 16 Inkling
17 *“In my uninformed opinion ... ” 19 Russian dynast 20 Not prohibited 21 Biennial games
gp.
22 Word with fall
or fill 23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying
27 Western defense
gp.
28 “__ queen!”:
“Work it!” 29 Nowhere to be
found
33 Member of the
fam
35 Absorb with
bread, as gravy 39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues 43 Long-stemmed
mushroom 44 Director Lee 45 Like gloomy skies 46 Monarch’s reign,
e.g.
48 Cellist’s need 50 *Become a better
person, say
58 __ jockey 59 Satisfied sigh 60 “You win”
61 On the ocean 62 *Thoroughly
refute
65 Entry point 66 More loyal 67 Black-eyed __ 68 Celebrity chef
Burrell
69 Twilled fabric 70 Eyelid bump
DOWN
1 “Where
there’s __ ... ” 2 Typical Stan Lee
role 3 Wild dog of
Australia 4 Dagger’s
partner 5 Supervillain
Luthor
6 Second sight, for
short
7 Dined at home 8 1990s presidential candidate
9 Easy to set off 10 “Grease,” for one 11 “My take is ... ” 12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus
13 Three feet 18 Baby-voiced red
Muppet
24 Lack of difficulty 25 “__ just me ... ?” 26 Sunup direction 29 Elastic bandage
brand
30 Looking sickly 31 Artist Yoko 32 “Whatever!” 34 Barnyard bleat 36 Part of wpm 37 Can. neighbor 38 Future analyst’s
maj.
40 Lass
41 Elena Delle
Donne’s org. 42 Aviation pioneer
Sikorsky 47 Moves with the
times 49 Forsaken child 50 American
buffalo
51 Apply to
52 Spy-fi great John
le __
53 Go time, in
military slang 54 Applauds 55 Apartment
window sign 56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of
“Wild”
58 Tot’s first word,
maybe
63 Act like a couch
potato, with “out” 64 Poetic “before”