TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS 1 Thick, flat piece 5 Dirty streak

10 Slap on hastily 14 Ride seeker’s cry 15 Truce result 16 Humerus neighbor 17 Luau strings 18 Brainy

19 Wield a hammer 20 Request earnestly 22 Do some free-falling 24 Stingy

26 Haul into court 27 Wagons

30 Give silent assent 32 Summarize

36 Play award 37 Mellowest 39 Slugger’s stat 40 Many holidays, now 42 Eurasian sea 44 Train alternative 45 Objects

47 Sack out

48 Lieu

50 Compass dir. 51 Nurses’ helpers 52 Drop — — line 54 Pledges

56 Accurately 60 Nauseous aboard ship 64 Open-mouthed

65 Leg bone

67 Graven image

68 Epic

69 Raises the lid 70 Otherwise

71 Winged god

72 Marsh grass

73 Solar plexus

DOWN

1 Ticket remnant

2 Big pond 3 Downsizes

4 Divided in two 5 Blank

6 Routine procedures 7 — Claire, Wisconsin 8 Doesn’t hesitate 9 Smells awful

10 Paul Hogan role 11 Kyrgyzstan range 12 Where to earn a B.A. 13 Cotton unit 21 Codgers’ queries 23 Mongol tents 25 Explode

27 Travel kit items 28 Give or take 29 Dentist’s order 31 Becoming less numerous

33 Wept

34 Humble

35 Ale servings 37 Reuben bread 38 Airline to Stockholm 41 Said further

43 More prudish

46 GI entertainment gp. 49 Girlfriends in Madrid 51 Detective’s cry 53 Choir members 55 Kid around with 56 Nosegay holder 57 Thickening agent 58 Emblem

59 Cry of surprise 61 Not active 62 Expense

63 “Fish Magic” artist 66 Hotel offering