CROSSWORD FOR MONDAY

ACROSS

1 Political campaign 5 Mend socks 9 Water, in Baja 13 Important decades 14 Type of arch 15 Splashes out 16 Free pass 17 Mongolian desert 18 Honks 19 Changes a bill 21 Had the same opinion (2 wds.) 23 Sidekick 24 Ancient 26 Make tracks 27 Plain as day 29 Planet courses 34 Method 38 Fish dish 39 Owl’s comment 40 Petite 42 Trotsky’s first name 43 Catnaps 45 “Jurassic Park” director 47 Drawing 49 Hangs around 50 Successful at-bat 52 Be mistaken 53 Lynx or panther 56 Remote 61 Close at hand 63 Park features 64 Muslim mystic 66 Terror 67 Foretellings 68 Gull’s cousin 69 Lhasa — 70 El —, Texas 71 Dross 72 Tackle-box item

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1 Summary 2 Pleasant odor 3 Desert mount 4 Sports cable channel 5 Mushers’ vehicles 6 Past 7 Melodious — McEntire 8 Horse sound 9 Burn soother 10 Honorable 11 It’s — — you! 12 Part of NBA 15 Ranch animals 20 Went headlong 22 “Road movie” locale 25 Storage containers 27 Sonnet stanza 28 Stratagems 30 Tulips or daffodils 31 Palm reader’s opener (2 wds.) 32 Odin’s son 33 Tell all 34 Advanced degs. 35 Chess piece 36 Exude moisture 37 Ruling class 41 Scholar’s possession 44 Downhiller’s run 46 Orpheus’ harp 48 Put out of sight 51 Pop quizzes 53 Crinkled fabric 54 Humiliate 55 Innsbruck locale 56 Organ valve 57 “Cope Book” aunt 58 Average grades 59 Late-night host 60 Pistol face-off 62 Remote 65 Monastic title