Crossword PUZZLE BY NEVILLE FOGARTY
ACROSS
1 Mel who co-wrote “The Christmas Song” 6 Quite cordial 10 Envelope part 14 YSL perfume named for a drug 15 Popular frozen drink 16 “Damn Yankees” seductress 17 1963 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary, literally 19 ___ testing (part of the beta stage) 20 Ants’ home 21 “Yeah, that makes sense” 23 Chopper 24 Possibilities 26 ___ Paul, Emmy winner for “Breaking Bad” 28 OMG, like, the greatest pal 31 2011 hit for Adele, literally 36 Winner of four consecutive Olympic gold medals, 1956-68 38 Really get to 39 “The ___ should always stand ajar”: Dickinson 40 Off Broadway awards 43 Made an appeal 44 Comedian Kovacs with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 46 How many try to capture Bigfoot 48 1984 hit for Bruce Springsteen, literally 51 Cardinal’s cap letters 52 Platform in which you might see the prompt C:\> 53 Exhortation after saying grace 55 P 57 Medical solution 60 Pro-war sort 64 “Please excuse my dear ___ Sally” (math mnemonic) 66 1952 hit for Gene Kelly, literally 68 Rare sight on a steppe 69 Clothing fastener 70 Popular tattoo spot 71 River crossed by Orpheus 72 Slow Churned ice cream brand 73 Fish related to the stingray
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1 Hamlet’s relative 2 ’60s sitcom son 3 Barbecue order 4 Prefix with cultural 5 Genre of Dashboard Confessional 6 Kristen of 2016’s “Ghostbusters” 7 Proactiv treats it 8 Airport pickup 9 In the center 10 Annual vaccine target 11 Where Venice is 12 Mike Doonesbury’s daughter in “Doonesbury” 13 Cut back 18 Not tricked by 22 Word after guilt or field 25 Prez who married his fifth cousin once removed 27 Time for a latish lunch 28 Stationed 29 Plants 30 Change out of an old pair of pants? 32 Civil War soldier 33 Stars with a belt 34 Turn inside out 35 See 67-Down 37 Inventor Howe 41 E.S.L. component: Abbr. 42 Show in a theater 45 Puts the kibosh on 47 Letters between names 49 Like beard hair, texturewise 50 Common setting for “Survivor” 54 Use one’s noodle 55 “Consarn it!” 56 Damaged 58 “Well!” 59 Itty-bitty bites 61 “My Way” lyricist Paul 62 Go soft, in a way 63 Point of genuflection 65 Nickname for a cowboy 67 With 35-Down, something to floor