TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Boring

4 Locust bean

9 Word in a telegram

13 Fish eggs

14 Queen of the Misty Isles

15 Hindu deity

16 Lily cousin

18 Become conscious

19 Fake diamonds

20 Impressive

22 Political alliance 25 Bronte heroine Jane -

26 Creep about

28 Avoided capture

32 Sack 35 Curvy letters

37 Garden tool

38 Actor Rickman

40 Appears

42 Lissome

43 Tackle box items

45 America’s Cup entrant

47 Helpwanted abbr.

48 Suffused

50 Cloudy regions

52 Crop, as a picture

54 Goes by, as time

58 Valiant

62 Spring fragrance

63 Magnate

64 Povertystricken

67 Harebrained

68 Cook’s garment

69 Adult persons

70 Thoroughly drenches

71 Sharp pain

72 Opposite of “post”

DOWN

1 Arrange gracefully

2 Toga wearer

3 Dough raiser

4 Hot pepper

5 More than most

6 Aunt or bro.

7 Redding of blues

8 Stitch loosely

9 Big changes (hyph.)

10 Kon- -

11 Bakery must

12 Twinge

15 Eddies

17 Hwys.

21 Some whiskey

23 Harper of “Tender Mercies”

24 Moves gingerly

27 Ship bottoms

29 Valley

30 Falco or Sedgwick

31 Display model

32 South Seas paradise

33 Baking powder ingredient

34 Clothing

36 Cure salmon

39 Atomic particles

41 Erosion loss

44 Self-possessed

46 Ringing

49 Brief swim

51 Kebab holder

53 “Golden touch” king

55 Economic downturn

56 Diner customer

57 Movie part

58 Egret cousin

59 Billionth, in combos

60 Stratagem

61 Corp. section

65 Hindu Mr. 66 Weight unit