CROSSWORD

SLUG FEST

ACROSS

1 Spherical solids

5 Beethoven’s Fif th, e.g.

9 Glower in a hibachi

14 Piece also called a castle

15 Gasp for breath 16 Somewhat, informally

17 Cedar or sequoia

20 “The Joy Luck Club” author 21 Venues with luxury boxes

22 Spreadsheet figures

24 Subterranean resource

25 Scratchy of cartoons, e.g.

28 “Ghost Rider” star

34 Gas leak tip-off

36 “Hit me” sayer’s request

37 Less loony

38 Lasso thrower

40 Cooking Channel vessel

41 Gavel banger’s demand

42 Raise a stink

43 Golden spike state

45 Prepare for a shot

46 Taxation basis

49 Rockets’ glare color

50 1.5-volt battery size 51 Reaction to a pinch

53 Decorate with raised letters

57 What’s happening

61 Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-,

28- and 46-Across

65 From this point on

66 Get deservedly

67 Numbers-drawing game

68 Fish-eating frolicker

69 Hype oneself Answers: 70 Carolina-style hot dog topper

DOWN

1 Black-and-white predator

2 Clue board area

3 Unhealthily thin

4 School pageant segments 5 Budding comic’s event

6 Figure after a hole length

7 Colorful card game

8 Early Beatle Sutcliffe

9 Barista’s brew

10 Suburban pest

11 Fiber in brown rice

12 Volcano near Catania 13 Charlie Brown expletive 18 Goat-horned piper of myth 19 Paretsky of whodunits

23 Shoulder bone

24 Gap Inc. subsidiary

25 Buckingham Palace pooch

26 Sew fringe on, say

27 Lecture focus

29 Give a lecture

30 Raise a stink

31 Conjunction with a slash

32 Barnyard gaggle

33 Made a bad call

35 Auctioned car, often

39 Digitally enhance, as a recording

44 Following, as advice

47 Carefree state

48 Pillager’s take

52 Candle centers

53 Sound system effect

54 ___ & Chandon Champagne

55 Infield single, maybe

56 YOLO part

58 Nativity tune

59 Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin”

60 Mountain topper

62 Man under Gen. Lee

63 Word before cry or out

64 Big Band ___