CROSSWORD
COMMON CONCERN
ACROSS
1 Auctioneer’s shout
5 Humidor items
11 Noon or midnight follower 14 Leader in many Al Jazeera articles 15 Stirs from slumber 16 Bring trouble to 17 Creator of family trees
19 Active Stainfighter brand
20 Realtor, e.g.
21 Pet tag datum
22 Return address heading
23 Wounded in a joust
25 Bags on diamonds
27 Worker with henna, say
32 Unite in ritual
35 Peaty area
36 Mississippi Delta river
37 Sunni Triangle land
39 Concern of 17-, 27-,
48- and 64-Across
42 Display a bias
43 Negative quality
45 Aloha Tower island
47 Like Nevada’s climate
48 Specialized tooth care pro
52 Birch family hardwood
53 Muddled situation
57 Bulb unit
59 Blubber and suet
62 Ipso ___
63 Fleck in a flue
64 Olmos portrayal in “Stand and Deliver”
66 Go head-to-head
67 Unconcerned with ethics
68 Nuisance or trespass
69 Basset hound’s floppy feature
70 Many TV Land airings 71 Business inheritors, often DOWN
1 George of “The Goldbergs” 2 Rolex competitor 3 Bed Bath & Beyond buy
4 Leave sopping wet
5 President before Herb
6 “Victory is mine!”
7 Lady who sings “Bad Romance” 8 Hands-on-hips posture
9 Use again, as a Ziploc
10 JFK sight until 2003 11 Like baggy clothes 12 Infamous Roman ruler
13 Bar entry requirement
18 First-stringers
22 Like Tarzan, pre-Jane
24 “Sack look” designer Christian
26 Sauce in tiny packets
28 Aussie bounder
29 Sing like Harry Connick Jr.
30 Head for the heavens
31 2017 honor for Bette Midler
32 Cowardly type
33 “Lake-effect snow” lake
34 “CBS Evening News” anchor until 2005
38 Wintertime cover
40 Body art, for short
41 Leveling wedge
44 Groundskeeper’s roll
46 Canada neighbor, informally
49 Harm the reputation of
50 Keynote deliverer, e.g. 51 Political pamphlets
54 Flu season sound 55 Outboard motor’s spot
56 Arranges by color, say
57 Float rider’s greeting
58 One side of the Urals
60 Drive-___
61 “South Park” kid
64 Leave a blemish on
65 Ernie with two U.S. Open wins