The Weekly Crossword

Across

1. Something to chew

4. Explode

9. Love handles, essentially

13. “___ moment”

14. Be bombastic

15. Garlicky mayonnaise

16. Device to thaw frozen goods

18. A fold or ridge

19. Accused’s need

20. Dangerous fibrous minerals

22. Mythical beast

23. Grassland

24. “The Three Faces of ___”

25. Baseball’s Master Melvin

26. “___ the fields we go”

28. Like some cows

31. Not us

33. Simply

36. A new sibling my marriage

40. Through the postal service

41. Home, informally

44. Appearance

47. “Chicago” lyricist

50. Absorbed, as a cost

51. ___-eyed

52. Consumes

55. Novice

57. Technologically advanced

60. As a whole

61. “Enigma Variations” composer

62. Magnetic mineral

65. Stinky

66. Arab leader

67. Nancy, in Nancy

68. Icelandic epic

69. Top competitors, often

70. African antelope

Down

1. Atlantic catch

2. Discover

3. Tom Brady

4. An injury; informally

5. Bearish

6. Backstabber

7. Appropriate

8. Brusque

9. Unit of Middle East currency

10. Hang around

11. Bay

12. Not fair

15. “Tarzan” extra

17. Fix, in a way

21. It holds water

22. “i” lid

27. Casting need

29. “Is that ___?”

30. Blue hue

32. Charades, essentially

34. “___ we having fun yet?”

35. Fries, maybe

37. Amniotic ___

38. Church donation

39. One who is not strong

42. Rich waxy cheese

43. Golf ball support

44. Cleave

45. Dirty

46. Classified

48. Pickled

49. Errors

53. High points

54. “Naughty you!”

56. ___ grass

58. Maori war chant

59. “Don’t give up!”

63. “Fancy that!”

64. Australian runner