TODAY’S CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Laird’s household 5 Feudal estates 10 Pamper
14 Verdi opera
15 Boom box
16 Capable of (2 wds.) 17 In a comforting manner
19 Name of a thing 20 Came afterward
21 Set firmly
23 Pitcher Nolan — 25 Tamper-resistant 28 Humorist — Bombeck 31 Response to a proposal 33 Sports palaces 35 Make cloudy 36 Smooth fabric 38 First 007 movie (2 wds.)
39 Annex
40 Involuntary movement 41 Make public
42 Muse of history 44 Column order 46 Disney CEO Bob — 47 Abounded
49 Util. bill
50 Bank on
51 Fought with swords 53 Grabbed a taxi 55 Perjurers
57 Short jacket
61 Cry of surprise 64 Gossip
66 Carrot or beet 67 Ham it up
68 Cat’s lives
69 Soap bubbles
70 — -toothed tiger 71 Poor grades
DOWN
1 Instance 2 Wildebeest chaser 3 Uproars
4 Not artificial 5 Paydays
6 John, in Aberdeen 7 Verge
8 Thin coatings 9 Meat substitute 10 Tied together
11 GI address 12 252 calories 13 Poetic adverb
18 “— Jude”
22 Play it by — 24 “Peachy-keen!” 26 Make furious 27 Boone or Webster 28 Put up
29 Threw the dice 30 Setting
32 Tour of duty 34 Apologetic
37 More aloof
43 Diner fare
44 Forms a thought 45 Slug
46 Leprechaun land 48 Cotton gin name 52 Serious play 54 Forest mom 56 Neatnik opposite 58 Huron neighbor 59 Lalique or Descartes 60 Mineral deposits 61 Birthday no. 62 Debtor’s note 63 Okra morsel 65 Cousteau’s summer