CROSSWORD
FIRST FLOORS
ACROSS
1 Zoo house denizens 5 Completed without error
9 Apt to talk back
14 Woodpecker’s tool
15 Run unhurriedly
16 Irritated mood
17 Pseudo-stylish
18 Move like a moth
19 Caribbean honeymoon mecca
20 Sputnik started it
22 Org. that scans carry-ons
23 Sprawling property
24 Carnival cit y, briefly
26 Univ. dorm figures
29 Exemplary pupil
33 Hammer sound
36 Toddler’s taboo
37 Like a wet lollipop
38 Musk with an orbiting Tesla
40 Dictionary syllable separator
42 Political influence, e.g.
43 New Jersey’s state tree
46 Phoenix hoopsters
49 Driver’s prop
50 Pedaled gym apparatus
53 Fossil-preserving stuff
54 H, to Homer
55 Wind chimes sound
59 Morsel in a squirrel’s stash 61 Rigged court proceeding
64 Associate of Gorsuch
66 Arizona mesa tribesman
67 Having little rainfall
68 Bagel order, perhaps
69 Cast off
70 No longer in town
71 Beyond pudgy
72 Drops in on
73 Until doomsday
DOWN
1 Bring shame to
2 “CSI” culprits
3 Trouble incessantly
4 Provider of aerial views 5 Creamy pasta topper
6 Mixer in a Cuba libre
7 ___ fail (fiasco)
8 Scares off
9 Uttered angrily
10 Hangs out to dry
11 Diamond shape
12 Quiznos order
13 Biblical assent
21 Prince Harry’s college
25 FWIW part
27 Joint below the tibia
28 Elle or GQ focus
30 Tackle’s neighbor
31 Far from form-fitting
32 Rocky road serving
33 Left Bank cap
34 Amazon’s virtual assistant
35 Bring up to date
39 Fish-fowl link
41 Movie popcorn buy
44 Manicurist’s solvent
45 Word after sewing or mess
47 Dumb clucks
48 “SNL” bit
51 Scout badge holders
52 Make boiling mad
56 Mariinsky Ballet, as it’s also known
57 Scat singer Cleo
58 Malia, to Sasha
60 Versatile vehicles, informally
62 Graceland, to Elvis
63 Young pal of Barney Fife
64 Needless fuss
65 Arcing shot Friday’s Answer