TODAY’S crOSSwOrD

ACROSS

1 Uncluttered 5 Pet-adoption org. 9 Whites’ opposites 14 Arm bone

15 Monorail

16 Rock concert venue 17 Mass of clouds

18 One, in Bonn 19 Whitecaps

20 Scoffed at 22 Long-term babysitters 24 Fixed the squeak 26 Plead

27 Dull

30 Widespread

35 Use a pen

36 Hotel staffer

37 Half a beef 38 Smoke-detector output

39 Looked down on 42 Kind of student 43 Almost, in poems 45 Cultivates

46 Jazzy Della —

48 Grain gatherers 50 Fermenting agents 51 Tyler or Ullmann 52 Hoodlums 54 Soundalike word 58 Frat letter 62 Platitude 63 Cousin of PDQ 65 Chalet feature 66 Piece of fish 67 Himalayan legend 68 Bias

69 Itsy-bitsy

70 Flu symptom 71 Kind of caterpillar

DOWN

1 Worn-down pencils 2 Dash 3 “Green Gables” redhead

4 Food to-go 5 Addison’s partner 6 Conceit

7 Be able to

8 Pious ending 9 Showed boredom 10 Citrus fruits 11 Clothier — Strauss 12 Type of socks 13 Get fresh

21 Gets up

23 Tolerate

25 Most beloved

27 In debt

28 Cook by direct heat 29 Slight trace 31 Fastens

32 Silent performers 33 That is (Lat.) 34 Surrenders territory 36 Dock the boat 40 Comic — Chase 41 Lees

44 Chlorine or fluorine 47 Least hard

49 XC

50 BMW driver, maybe 53 Overgrown

wasteland

54 Ax handle 55 Garfield’s victim 56 Stag attender 57 Pyramid builder 59 Fishing spot 60 Home appliance 61 Salamander 64 NYSE regulator