Crossword

ACROSS 1 Falafel holders 6 Piano technician 11 Start of a countdown 14 Food-spoiling bacterium 15 “Remember the ___!” 16 Party card game 17 “Tell me the rumors are false!” 19 Kook 20 Revolutionary Guevara 21 Some HDTVs 22 Glowing part of a fire 24 Comprehensive, as a report 27 Put an end to 28 2000 Kevin Spacey/Helen Hunt film 32 Sounding congested 35 Smash into 36 Leave rolling in the aisles 37 Approximation: Abbr. 38 Oscar-nominated Enya song from 2001’s “The Lord of the Rings” 42 Was out to lunch? 43 Apple tablet 45 Dog doc 46 Helped out 48 Offer effusive praise 52 Poe poem that starts “Once upon a midnight dreary,” with “The” 53 Long to have 57 Capital of Oregon 58 Sweetie pie 60 “That ___ lie!” 61 Get older 62 Improvise 66 California’s Big ___ 67 Sign on a boardinghouse window 68 Cowboys’ home 69 D.D.E.’s predecessor 70 Cheese with holes 71 Actress Winona of “Stranger Things” DOWN 1 Actor Joe of “My Cousin Vinny” 2 Corporate raider Carl 3 Trifled (with) 4 Three-time Frazier foe 5 Take a load off 6 Chinese martial art 7 Neighbor of the radius 8 Yanks : New York :: ___ : Washington 9 Letters on an ambulance 10 One whose work is on the house? 11 Popular sandwich order 12 Make a list of 13 Do, re or mi 18 Pretentiously showy 23 Clean Air Act and others 25 Clean Air Act org. 26 It may be read by a psychic 27 Grooming implement 29 Travis of country music 30 Liposuction target 31 Not naturally red-haired, e.g. 32 Singer Diamond or Young 33 Spears at the dinner table 34 “Keep your eyes open!” 39 Stratford-upon___ 40 Hankering 41 Per person 44 Drop precipitously 47 D.D.E., familiarly 49 Lures 50 Bad ones are hard to break 51 Rapper-turnedTV actor 54 Wicked one 55 ___ orange 56 Harder to find 57 Pageant wrap 58 Indonesian tourist destination 59 Naval agreements? 63 Like a pitch between the ankles and knees 64 “It’s f-f-freezing!” 65 “Yippee!”

PUZZLE BY ALAN ARBESFELD