CROSSWORD
END ZONES
ACROSS
1 Florida cit y, for short
5 Border upon 9 “___ in favor . . .” 14 Kindle Fire competitor
15 Frat recruiting drive
16 Dance in 3/4 time
17 “Fiddling” t yrant
18 “Can’t deny that”
19 Church dignitary
20 Unmanned aerial assault
23 Place for a mani-pedi
24 Envelope flap dampener
25 Zoloft alternative
27 SASE part
29 Cornball TV show with Buck Owens
32 Something to bend or lend
35 Like brainwaves
38 Dirty old man
39 Depart hastily
41 Woman in a priory
42 Horn blasts
43 Norse god of thunder
44 Storyboard panel
46 Homebuilder’s buy
47 Can’t put up with
49 Jib or spanker
51 Like a rasp, as files go
54 Does a winter airport job
58 Body-scanning org.
60 Tennis server’s miscue
62 Sharpened, as a skill
64 Big name in faucets
65 Spreadable cheese
66 Energy bill figure
67 Baldwin who lampoons Donald
68 Better than never, it ’s said
69 Extreme sorrow
70 Birthday party feature 71 Serpent’s place, in Genesis
DOWN
1 Tough situations
2 “Carmen” or “Elektra”
3 December tune
4 Handsome youth of myth 5 Where to buy prints 6 Lancaster of “Elmer Gantry”
7 Seize unlawfully
8 “. . . ___ finest hour” 9 Remove, as a splinter 10 Rogue computer in
“2001”
11 Like early rap
12 Aerobics class move
13 Pound of poetry
21 “Wheel of Fortune” category
22 Former German chancellor Helmut
26 Prefix with drome or space
28 Depressed mood
30 Showroom item
31 National League division
32 Business sign abbr.
33 Feeling associated with a 34-Down
34 Unpleasant dental procedure
36 Regret deeply
37 Aardvark’s fare
40 Deep-fried carnival treat
42 Pickpocket, e.g.
44 Houston ballplayer, casually
45 Drummer’s rhythm
48 More in a
28-Down
50 Legally at fault
52 Poisonous shrub, perhaps 53 Virus in a West African outbreak 55 Band-Aid competitor
56 Cream of the crop
57 Jan who painted skittle players
58 Dull sound of impact
59 Fair-to-middlin’
61 Bulb in soups
63 Pompous one’s attribute