ACTION FIGURES
ACROSS 1 Word with wish or bucket 5 November birthstone 10 Play a 10-Down on 14 King Harald’s capital 15 Florida terminus of I-95 16 Antihero on “The Wire” 17 Convince R&B singer Pickett to cross party lines? 19 Casino numbers game 20 Home of Arizona State University 21 Tangerine pieces 23 Many a Michener novel 26 “Maude” star Arthur 27 Dough dispenser, briefly 30 Hold up media guru McLuhan? 36 Highlight of a Buddy Rich concert 38 Lakeside rental, perhaps 39 Forerunners of euros 40 Land of Yeti sightings, supposedly 43 Fat from a razorback 44 Totally blown away 46 Putting up 48 Send an invoice to actor Cooper? 51 Go out with 52 Job for a tailor 53 Planets, to poets 55 Like germs or viruses 60 Fashion designer Perry 64 Bat’s navigational aid 65 Put up with sportscaster/TV host Gumbel? 68 Home to a zoo crocodile, perhaps 69 Not nearly as congenial 70 Hosiery shade 71 Some defensive linemen 72 Andrea Bocelli, notably 73 Oboist’s need DOWN 1 Artist’s digs, perhaps 2 Royal Caribbean stopover 3 Meager, as chances go 4 Big name in sports cards 5 “Didn’t need to know that,” to a texter 6 Canola or sesame 7 Some do this with flying colors 8 Creature on a microscope slide 9 Witty retort 10 It may be practical 11 “You can say that again!” 12 Huff and puff 13 Mythical bow-toter 18 Is decked out in 22 Gender abbr. 24 Hockey thug 25 Up to the task 27 Go off script 28 Lopez who sang “If I Had a Hammer” 29 Subway wall art, perhaps 31 Wore a long face 32 Sentry’s order 33 Diarist Nin 34 “SNL” creator Michaels 35 Tanning ___ (swimming pool adjunct) 37 Whimper like a kitten 41 Guthrie at Woodstock 42 Lascivious look 45 River of Aragon 47 Prefix with attack or security 49 Bullfrog’s sound 50 Pricing word 54 More cunning 55 YouTube clip gone viral, say 56 Smartphone image 57 Hanging ___ (2000 election debris) 58 Becomes inedible 59 Pizza magnate Herman who ran for president 61 Lingerie material 62 Concerning, on a memo 63 Kind of poker 66 Speed Wagon automaker 67 “It’s f-f-freezing!”