CROSSOWORD

ACROSS

1 Nation that borders Bolivia

5 Chef’s accessory 10 Emily or Markie 14 Precipitation

15 “Good for you!”

16 Sore

17 Excluded from a group 19 TV crime series

20 Lively horse

21 Make __ of; figure out 23 Family card game

24 First of zillions 26 Fluttering tree 28 Confused

31 Singer who sang “Respect”

34 Whopper

35 Farm horse

37 Mosquito bite woe 40 Circle portions

42 Perch

43 Contemptible

44 Tide type

45 Parents and grandparents

47 TV’s “Days of __ Lives” 48 Sell from a cart 50 Merited 52 Rebuke

54 Honor with a party 55 “Thanks a __!”

56 Paddled boat

60 In flames

64 Go __; depart

66 Nonstop

68 Location

69 Implied, though not said 70 __ aside; get out of the way

71 Views

72 Lean-tos

73 Not difficult

DOWN

1 __ and cons; arguments for and against

2 Vane direction

3 Ceremony

4 Dreamlike

5 Top file drawer, perhaps 6 Crystal that refracts light 7 Use a bulldozer

8 Baker’s need

9 __ off; dozes

10 “Peter __”

11 Job

12 Glow

13 Mike or Cicely 18 __ together; combined 22 Gobble up

25 Venerated

27 Prison knife

28 Alda or Thicke

29 Crucial

30 Behead

31 Home

32 Ascend

33 Dinner course 36 __ weevil; cotton plant destroyer

38 Detective’s bit of evidence

39 Group of buffalo

41 Ran fast

46 Hell’s ruler

49 Two months ago: abbr. 51 Turn down

52 Elegance

53 TV’s Mandel

54 Smelly

57 Play divisions

58 Flood survivor

59 __ more; again

61 Tiny bit

62 Regrets

63 Notice

65 Affirmative

67 “__ a girl!”