Crossword
ACROSS
1 The “M” in STEM,
briefly 5 Bistro offerings 10 Darkened for emphasis, as text 14 New York canal 15 Quiver
projectile 16 “Buy It Now” site 17 *Price a discarded item might fetch 19 Zonk out 20 Snailʼs protection 21 Directs 23 “__ on Down the Road”: “The Wiz” song 26 Bus sked info 27 *Preliminary book copy for editing 33 Corp. money
exec 35 Medical pros 36 Take great
pleasure in 37 Ship frame 39 “__ one is
better?” 42 Great Pyramid
site 43 Physicist
Newton 45 Surrey slammer 47 Butterfly
catcher 48 *Salon job often shortened to its first four letters 52 RVerʼs stopover 53 Interstate hauler 54 Glam or punk, to
rock 59 Cinderellaʼs
sweepings 63 Horror film
assistant 64 Earthquake echo, or where the last words of the answers to starred clues might go 67 Sunscreen
additive 68 Stale-smelling 69 Grape soda
brand 70 “Well, Iʼll be
darned!” 71 “Family Ties”
mother 72 Asian wheat
noodle
DOWN
1 Total disorder 2 Word with enemy
or rival 3 Grow weary 4 Shaman, for one 5 Dallas NBAer 6 Important period 7 Woodyʼs singing
son 8 Shutter with
slanted slats 9 Sugary goodies 10 Places to sleep 11 Fluteʼs orchestral
neighbor 12 Lounge (around) 13 Hair salon colors 18 Flannel shirt
pattern 22 Knocks loudly 24 Winter forecast 25 Mark
permanently 27 Kind of ice cap 28 Endorse digitally 29 Cleanerʼs cloth 30 Like sheep 31 Move like
molasses 32 Greek campus
group 33 Short golf shot 34 Firecracker-lighting cord 38 Perpʼs escape 40 Webber musical based on Eliot poems 41 Sewing machine
inventor Elias 44 Wedding reception centerpiece 46 Buddhist
teachers 49 Generic 50 Probably more than you wanted to hear 51 Hindu deity 54 Thailand, once 55 Like eyesores 56 Explosive sound 57 Western writer
Zane __ 58 Crafterʼs website 60 Worked the soil 61 Cavern
phenomenon 62 Largest human
organ 65 Sci-fi series extras 66 Whiskey grain