The Province

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD |”GOING NO PLACE?”

- BY JILL PEPPER

ACROSS

1 Possessed, old-style 6 Small container for liquids 11 Physique, informally 14 Draw out 15 Populous province of China (Var.) 16 Monopoly abbr. 17 Removals 19 Still in a wrapper 20 Eye-opening problem? 21 “La Boheme,” e.g. 22 Currency no more 23 Bossy sound 25 Grandeur 27 Book appendix 32 High school subject 33 Hilo garland 34 English exam finale, often 36 Small music ensemble 39 Short pants 41 Conceitedn­ess 42 Prepare to be knighted 43 Allow to enter 44 Finger or toe 46 Miss-named? 47 Thing on an agenda 49 Herb used in Mexican cuisine 51 Old cleaning vessel 54 Anger 55 Tiny, informally 56 Iraqi port 59 Supergarb 63 Married woman in Mex. 64 Shoulder injury 66 Wriggly fish 67 Some members of the choir 68 Became fainter 69 “Do” followers on a music scale 70 Overly sentimenta­l 71 Trucking allowances

DOWN

1 Chops with an ax 2 Way out of a mine 3 Military obligation 4 Villain’s plan 5 Spread, as hay 6 Roughen, as lips 7 Investment firm T. ___ Price 8 Deprive of weaponry 9 Peace salutation 10 Coast Guard officer (Abbr.) 11 Ostracism 12 Blatant 13 “___ Defeats Truman” (infamous headline) 18 Crosses 22 Disclose 24 Ballroom dance 26 Salt, on the briny 27 Pond dweller 28 Expired 29 Heave-hos 30 Brought into play 31 Illusionis­t’s specialty 35 Jellystone Park denizen 37 Common alcoholic beverage 38 Fake butter 40 Short and meaningful, as a saying 45 Sacro-___ 48 Like some homes 50 Bee’s attraction 51 Having better judgment 52 “___ Grows in Brooklyn” 53 One of the senses 57 Pig food 58 Optimistic 60 Man Friday 61 Master of rhymes 62 Concludes 64 Crow kin, briefly 65 Away from the bow

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Solution to last week’s puzzle

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