Crossword

ACROSS

1 Spot for honored

guests 5 AutoZone rival 9 Long-necked

African mammal 14 1 for H, e.g. 15 Help flee a collar 16 One finalizing a

return, perhaps 17 Plane storage

area

19 Knighted golf

analyst

20 Itzcoatl, for one 21 Kansas __ 23 Hardly flushed 24 Alpine resort

features 28 Kleptomaniacal

toon monkey 31 Paper gauge 32 Migraine

symptoms 33 Excludes

35 Pivot around 38 “This I __ see” 40 Overnight bag item ... and what’s literally hidden in 17-, 24-. 51- and 63-Across 43 Arabian

Peninsula capital 44 Linguist Chomsky 45 Radio button 46 Seriously wounds 48 Easy mark 50 “Treasure Island”

monogram

51 St. Petersburg’s Vaganova Academy, e.g. 55 Name from the French for “beloved”

56 Zip

57 Bounded 61 Musical buzzer 63 Kyra Sedgwick

TV title role 66 Abrasive mineral 67 Quick correction 68 Diamond figure 69 Carpentry

grooves

70 Quiet “Yo”

71 One way to go

DOWN

1 __ mining 2 The whole

shebang 3 How some close NFL games are won

4 Pump bottoms 5 “Not feelin’ it” 6 The Great Emancipator, familiarly 7 Frequent De Niro

co-star

8 Tall story? 9 “Scoot along,

now”

10 Soul seller 11 Come rain or

come shine 12 C&W strings 13 Clubs seen near

woods

18 Sputnik letters 22 Hip-hop article 25 More

26 Guitar string

option

27 Gentle gaits 28 Beginner’s

lesson

29 Nassau rum

drink

30 Like raw

1-Down 34 Gourmet

gastropod 36 Storied abduction

craft

37 Internet funding 39 Big favors 41 Handhelds that

debuted in 1989 42 Texter’s “Too

funny!” 47 Orchestra sect. 49 Interview

51 __ beans 52 Abs-strengthening

exercise 53 Attorney Roy and sports anchor Linda 54 Spaghetti Western director Sergio

58 K2 locale

59 Pilot and others 60 Hoops long

shot

62 Acapulco gold 64 News VIPs 65 Barracks unit