PLAYGROUNDS
ACROSS
1 Fez or fedora
4 Movie about Dr. King’s march
9 Vengeful feeling
14 Had a nosh
15 Beachfront view
16 Softens, with “down”
17 Grant-awarding org.
18 Kitchen sink accessory
20 Runs about playfully
22 Something to scratch
23 On the 15-Across
24 Word before space or limits 27 Dog-summoner’s word
30 Card game played at many online casinos
33 Orbison who sang “Oh, Pretty Woman”
34 Like “Paree,” in song
35 Update the decor of
36 Pub order
37 In pursuit of
40 Now-then connection 41 Two-masted sailboats
43 Cleveland hoopster, for short
44 Poet Pound
46 Ripken Jr. in Cooperstown
47 Lend a hand
48 Period when few home runs were hit 53 Showy spring bloom
55 Become swollen
56 Dark clouds, to some
57 At hand
59 IRA, e.g.
61 New York City tourist attraction, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme 65 “Norma ___” (Sally Field movie)
66 Starting lineup 67 Like the scent of many air fresheners
68 Having a bug
69 Fraternity kegger, e.g.
70 Trench maker’s tool
71 Gibson ___ Paul guitars
DOWN
1 Airliner maintenance site
2 “Relax, soldier!”
3 Like yoked oxen
4 Manhattan or London neighborhood
5 “Green” science
6 Stops, as rain
7 Paw’s spouse
8 “Fifty Shades of Grey” heroine, briefly
9 Proofreader’s “leave it in”
10 Place for a rocking chair
11 Stark naked 12 Tetley offering 13 Psychic’s purported gift, briefly 19 Ready for a nap 21 Cop’s ID 25 Dorothy’s transport to Oz
26 ___ out (barely managed)
28 Forty nickels or 50 pennies 29 Colon, in an emoticon 31 Propelled, as a dinghy
32 Kate Middleton, for one 37 Antioxidant-rich berry
38 Practically cloudless
39 Prepackaged, single-serving meal
40 Asia’s ___ Sea
42 Divvy up
45 Football ref, slangily
46 Supplied a spread for
49 Daiquiri flavor
50 Chef who says “Bam!”
51 Wine and dine
52 Broadway backers
54 Lay into
58 Unit in the game of Risk
60 Isle of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides
61 Relative of a 1-Across
62 Letter before theta
63 Discs on turntables
64 Orange seed