CROSSWORD

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

ACROSS

1 Removes, as a hat 6 Developer’s stretch of land 11 Fourth notes in major scales 14 Heep in “David Copperfield” 15 With great passion 16 Volcanic spew 17 “Seinfeld” greeting 19 Seal, as a deal 20 Brown of the Food Network 21 Dictator’s declaration 23 Often-candied tubers 25 Herring family member known for its roe 28 Brooding birds 29 “Rules ___ rules” 30 Agonizing experience 33 In a sense, colloquially 35 Responses to indictments 36 Like Mad magazine 39 More scrumptious 43 No longer an item 45 Gossipy sort 46 Poet portrayed in “Il Postino” 51 Rickles of insult comedy 52 Fit for duty 53 Mound in the Mojave 54 “Shocking” color, perhaps 55 Find laugh-out-loud funny 58 Not so sickly 60 Recipe verb 61 Western New York daily 66 Wallace of “E.T.” 67 One side at a bargaining table 68 Tortilla chip flavor 69 Sink trap’s shape 70 Like on-the-books income 71 “Your Song” singer John

DOWN

1 “How stupid of me!” 2 Rock that may yield revenue 3 Part of an incandescent bulb 4 Takes a tumble 5 Bartender’s measure 6 Stanley Cup org. 7 Concert ticket datum 8 Drive-thru convenience, perhaps 9 Suited up 10 Daly with six Emmys 11 Not as cloudy 12 Assault on a 26-Down 13 “Good grief!” 18 Rudolph’s prominence 22 Pure as the driven snow 23 Tibetan grazers 24 Diva’s tour de force 26 Peak on the Brenner Pass 27 No rocket scientist 30 Marx with a curly wig 31 Org. giving grants to museums 32 Virtually unflunkable course 34 Auto ___ (telemarketing tool) 37 McKellen of “The Da Vinci Code” 38 Reputation, on the street 40 Circuitous, as a route 41 Jacket named for a school 42 What an insignia signifies 44 “In Cold Blood” author, informally 46 Mardi Gras event 47 Cabins, castles and such 48 Blender parts 49 Set loose 50 Start a card game 54 Word before code or colony 56 Share a border with 57 Common melt ingredient 59 Synonym for “solitary” confined in 17-, 30-, 46- and 61-Across 62 Restore to working order 63 Contender, to a champion 64 Infield partner of What 65 Cain was the first ever