TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Like nice grapes 6 Plus
10 Violin parts 14 More annoyed 15 Like Kojak 16 Auto rod 17 Burst of activity 18 Zipped along 19 Amaze 20 Hubble, e.g. 22 Unveiled 23 Little creek 24 Fridays, often 26 Solidify
29 Flutie or Williams
31 Rural addr. 32 Kind of agent 33 Jazzy -- James 34 Threat
38 Jags
40 Ostrich cousin 42 Memo abbr. 43 Halvah base 46 Gaelic singer 49 Eur. country 50 Mekong native 51 Pull
52 Gobbled up 53 Navratilova of tennis
57 Pub pints 59 Steer clear of 60 New gadget 65 Do dock work 66 Garfield’s housemate 67 Radio part 68 Tells an untruth
69 Gong
70 Choir members 71 Job opening 72 “Et tu” time 73 Grills a steak
DOWN
1 Furtive sound 2 Go at an easy gait
3 River in Russia 4 Fare counter 5 Officiate 6 Not relative 7 Reindeer herder 8 Snooze
9 -- man out 10 Rose Bowl site 11 Left over 12 Sticky 13 Faxes, maybe 21 Thicken 22 Memory unit 25 Rocker part 26 Knights of the realm 27 Cleveland’s waters
28 Recipe qtys. 30 Played for stakes
35 China’s continent 36 Supermarket amenity 37 Touche provoker
39 Least bland 41 Solves 44 Apron wearer 45 Untold centuries
47 New England campus
48 Meeting musts 53 Retail centers 54 Be of benefit 55 Bronco-riding locale
56 Gave a hand to 58 Pasture entrance
61 World’s longest river
62 Slightest trace 63 Fragrance 64 Loch -- monster
66 Osaka sash