Crossword

ACROSS 1 Renovator’s

protective cover 5 Not so exciting 10 Soak up the sun 14 “Dies __”: Latin

hymn 15 Yoga pose 16 Hatchet man __ Brasi of “The Godfather” 17 *Speak carefully

to avoid offense 19 Spoken 20 2019 award for author Walter Mosley 21 *Yahtzee, for one 23 Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure 26 Ad-__: improvise 29 “__ won’t do” 30 Pinch pennies 35 Post-op sites 37 Not fooled by 39 Ho Chi Minh

Mausoleum city 40 *Homemade

song assortment 42 *Vocally imitate a

drum machine 44 Spoken 45 Poetry event 47 Hatcher or Polo 48 Status __ 50 Forget to mention 52 Report card

bummer 53 Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 “Thor” film 56 *Lunch from

home 60 Repairs 64 Marshmallow

blackener 65 Kitchen guide ... and where to find the starts of the answers to starred clues 68 Discomfit 69 Save a ton on the wedding reception? 70 Not pro 71 Sty feed 72 Often __: half the

time 73 Check signer DOWN 1 Life partner 2 Dry as a desert 3 Tolled, as a bell 4 Pie nut 5 Word after hee

or yee 6 Spanish bear 7 Most challenging 8 Reversed 9 Dinosaur Jr.

frontman J __ 10 Online journal 11 General vibe 12 Take in 13 Leafy vegetable 18 Middle of Q.E.D. 22 __ Sketch 24 Blue-roofed

eatery 25 Fishing gear 26 Succotash

beans 27 Without warmth 28 Full-bosomed 31 “Out of the Cellar” metal band 32 Under the covers 33 Boxing legend

Archie 34 Impish fairy 36 Incomplete

Wikipedia entry 38 “Becoming” memoirist Michelle 41 Add beauty to 43 Mideast noble 46 Scam that takes a while to pay off 49 __ Tar Pits 51 Thick book 54 Irish speakers 55 Meaty fare from

a falafel stand 56 Closest pals,

initially 57 Tehran money 58 Rice-shaped

pasta 59 Shed tears 61 Pitching gem, in baseball slang 62 “i” pieces 63 Hits the slopes 66 Wall St. debut 67 Darling