CROSSWORD
MIXED HOMOPHONES
ACROSS 1 Ring, as church bells 5 Unlikely pocket item for Kojak 9 Ozzy Osbourne’s music, for short 14 Cathedral recess 15 It beats nothing 16 Emcee’s opening lines 17 Control house pets? 20 Reeves of “The Matrix” 21 Bibliography abbr. 22 He wrote of Roderick Usher 23 Web-footed mammal 26 Word before talk or rally 28 Mazola product 31 Protein in hair straighteners 35 ___ rigueur (literally) 36 Guy, slangily 38 iPod model 39 Make an omnipotent emperor of? 43 Lead-ins to holidays 44 The sea, to Poseidon 45 “For sure!” 46 Population per square mile, e.g. 49 Event preceding a move 51 Number on a foam finger 52 Common coffee break hr. 53 Bit of wordplay from Groucho 56 Vigor, in music 58 Subdued, as colors 62 Frightening storm? 66 Word in compounds of gold 67 Meaty part of a lobster 68 Pal of Sawyer 69 Tried to awaken, perhaps 70 Concerning, on a memo 71 Just OK DOWN 1 Place for a picnic 2 Blunted blade 3 Home to most of us 4 Singer-songwriter on “Double Fantasy” 5 Tax-season workhorse, for short 6 Feedbag morsel 7 Scrooge McDuck, e.g. 8 Baby sitter’s handful 9 Bette of “For the Boys” 10 Put the kibosh on 11 Roof option on old Thunderbirds 12 2012 movie involving a fake movie 13 Take the booby prize 18 Cause to shop short, maybe 19 Mane locale 24 One of the old Yankee Stadium’s three 25 Queen of whodunits 27 May ___, a girlfriend of 4-Down 28 Like many zoo animals 29 Martini garnish 30 22-Across’s “ungainly fowl” 31 Discipline in Bruce Lee movies 32 Tucker who sang “Delta Dawn” 33 Goal of a recon mission 34 Rope with a slipknot 37 “Do the Right Thing” director Spike 40 Gas brand still found in Canada 41 Lively enthusiasm 42 “Let’s do it!” 47 Where most cab fares ride 48 Polo of “Meet the Fockers” 50 Blue toons 52 Hammer and sickle 53 School support orgs. 54 “Nah” 55 “Quo Vadis” emperor 57 Machu Picchu native 59 The Dixie Chicks, for one 60 Vast stretches of time 61 Early foe of 007 63 2016 Olympics site, for short 64 Budgetary excess 65 Lowest prime number