CROSSWORD

WHODUNIT?

ACROSS

1 Slender woodwind 5 Elbow-bender 10 Journey for Kirk 14 Bone near the funny bone 15 Paperless IRS return 16 Something to plug 17 Author of an alphabetic series of mysteries 19 Up to the job 20 Car named for an inventor 21 Big lug 22 Romeo or Juliet 23 Stone of “La La Land” 26 They’re boosted when they’re massaged 28 Uber app feature 31 17-Across’s series of novels 36 Component of warfare since WWI 38 Sofa that may double as a bed 39 Opportunity, so to speak 40 Gridder sporting a fleur-de-lis logo 43 Speeder’s risk 44 “Wabbit” hunter Fudd 46 Nobel Prize awardee 48 Title of the first book in the 17-Across series 51 Neither here ___ there 52 McGregor of “Star Wars” movies 53 Mascara target 55 Exchange verbal jabs 58 Chaotic scene 60 Stand at a board meeting 64 See 2-Down 65 Title of the unwritten finale to the 17-Across series 68 White House staffer 69 Happen as a result 70 39-Across, sometimes 71 Reunion attendee, for short 72 Latest Beatle to be knighted 73 Caustic cleansers

DOWN

1 Kick out of office 2 With 64-Across, Marge Simpson feature 3 “Where’s George?” bills 4 Bird on some quarters 5 Drink with scones 6 At leisure 7 Gyro bread 8 Weds like Romeo and Juliet 9 Go back on a deal 10 “Win some, lose some” 11 Spa wrap 12 French lifestyle magazine 13 Sharp as a tack 18 “First Blood” tough guy 24 Kittens’ cries 25 On the briny 27 Like a centenarian 28 Tyler Perry title role 29 Garlicky condiment 30 Some limo destinations 32 Sing like a bird 33 Aquafina competitor 34 Totaled, as a bar tab 35 Villainous look 37 Was partial to 41 Get exactly right 42 Dixieland horn 45 One of 15 in this puzzle 47 Vertical part of a stair 49 Gives a Bronx cheer to 50 Choose, as one’s successor 54 Common eye color 55 Catch, as fly balls 56 “A ___ of star-crossed lovers” 57 Verdi heroine in the Temple of Vulcan 59 Greek or Tasmanian peak 61 Like Swimsuit Issue models 62 Lake named for a tribe 63 A whole bunch 66 Winter coat lining67 “___ the fields we go . . .”