CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Of enormous import 5 “Used to be,” poetically 9 Group of eight 14 Make a second attempt 15 Language of the old clans 16 Meghan Markle’s hubby 17 Stock market crash aftermath 20 1963’s “Act Naturally” singer 21 Korea’s bailiwick 22 Quite unexciting 23 What dredgers might dredge 25 Battle fleets of yore 27 Headless Horseman’s hang-out 31 Very long time, to Longfellow 32 Appear to be 33 Hordes of hornets

37 All atwitter 39 “Hey, hold on a ___!”

41 OK, slangily 42 Way behind the pack 45 Objective 48 Braggart’s attribute 49 Green nacho topping 52 Where African herds roam 55 Frolic about 56 Ray Stevens’ Ahab, in 1962 57 To be, to Latin scholars 59 Breakfast and lunch

63 May’s flower 66 Have a little sip 67 Mussolini used them 68 Vibrant style 69 Give a contemptuous look 70 Where the sun always rises 71 Use a old Selectric DOWN

1 Wee part of a joule 2 Chipper 3 Inventive thought 4 Quite vulgar 5 It might be used in place of Eddie 6 Moves in a twisting manner, as smoke 7 Venomous Sahara beasts 8 Repetitive type of killer 9 “Shreddies” rival 10 Gilligan was one 11 Musical chord 12 Mouth-watering smell

13 Tiny metric units of force 18 Takes a tumble 19 Minto, Dufferin and Grey 24 Strong bleaching agent 26 Cut the lawn 27 Flippered beast 28 Huge Danish toy company 29 Valentine caricature 30 Rolex rival 34 Riverbank flora 35 Wise men from the east

36 Mall outlet 38 Smallish hard drive size, these days 40 Equals 43 “Sister Act” extra 44 Rascal, to Yiddish speakers 46 ‘90s Internet pioneer 47 Camel’s Peruvian kin 50 Windsor, notably 51 Aglet’s target 52 Veteran sailors 53 Born in early April 54 Sibelius’ “___ triste” 58 Islamic sect 60 Any NATO member, to Canada

61 Big jump 62 Burns word used one day a year 64 Versifier’s “above” 65 Really big tub