CROSSWORD
BORDER PATROL
ACROSS 1 Words of denial 6 Hardly any 10 Short time, informally 14 Strike-calling group 15 Expert, slangily 16 Jannings, the first Oscar winner 17 Attempt a dangerous task 19 Suffix with hard or soft 20 Any of the “Scary Movie” movies 21 Window cleaner’s tool 23 Centers of cyclones 25 Needed a styptic pencil, perhaps 26 Feature of Frankenstein’s monster 29 Terhune title dog 31 A Mount Rushmore neighbor of Teddy 32 Chevy’s destination, in “American Pie” 34 Furry topper 39 Bother, to the Bard 40 Ring-shaped ornamental headband 42 Let go, informally 43 Alternative to buckets, in a car 45 Shutterbug’s request 47 Dinosaur rider Alley 48 Weather map feature 50 Saloon servings 51 Hypnotic look 53 Scattered in a seedbed 55 Glassblowers and jewelry makers, e.g. 59 Flinches or blinks, say 63 Coiled garden implement 64 “You can keep your attitude!” 66 Many knucklewalking creatures 67 Give a glowing review to 68 Bryson who sang on “Beauty and the Beast” 69 Patrol found on the borders of 17-, 34-, 43and 64-Across 70 Muffs a grounder, e.g. 71 Arrange, as a blind date DOWN 1 Worn-down crayons 2 Fit for drafting, until 1975 3 Pinball flub 4 “The Miser” playwright 5 Journal excerpt 6 The big four-O, for one 7 Tampa Bay team, for short 8 “American Sniper” locale 9 “Swan Lake” garb 10 Seller of “bling” 11 Mental picture 12 Gave the 42-Across to 13 Head for the hills 18 Moccasin’s lack 22 ___ Field (Brooklyn Dodgers’ home) 24 Buffalo skater 26 Bacon purchase 27 Transfer by treaty 28 Company with a “Beauty for a Purpose” blog 30 Model airplane adornment 31 NYC’s Park or Lex 33 Canyon effects 35 Some choirboys 36 Spheroids from the sky 37 Greased part of a car 38 Shirts named for their shapes 41 Enabler of WWW access 44 Most comfy 46 Everglades cousin of the elephant 49 Do a shift 51 Fumble in the dark 52 Totally bewildered 54 Turns on the waterworks 55 Ill-fated whaler of literature 56 Up to the task 57 Word before beer or miss 58 Betray inebriation, in a way 60 Socialize online 61 Forbidden-sounding fragrance 62 Word in an octagon 65 TSA agents’ requests