TODAY’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kittens’ pleas 5 Magician’s word 9 Boer or Crimean 12 Wagon pullers 13 Mountaineer’s refrain

15 Poi plant 16 Pedro’s son 17 Lorelei’s river 18 Clay pot 19 Bring into accord 21 Alberta’s capital 23 Large casks 25 Cries 26 Cook in oil 29 Stem-tostern timber 31 Dins

35 Si, to Maurice 36 More than odd

38 Get away from

39 Fuel cartel

41 Wild shrub 43 Epic 44 Breaks the news 46 Lodging place 48 Check for accuracy 49 Car models 51 It may jackknife 52 Bradley and Sneed 53 Polite address 55 Dweeb 57 Squashes 61 Close at hand 65 Robust and vigorous 66 Type of parking 68 Prefix for “trillion” 69 Exploited 70 Chosen few 71 Imported cheese 72 Not he 73 Stepped on the gas

74 Male offspring

DOWN

1 “— Lisa” 2 Gate 3 Departed 4 Muzzle 5 France-spain range 6 Aah’s companion 7 Comics canine 8 Wards (off) 9 Disney or Whitman 10 A Guthrie 11 Reddishbrown 14 Kind of pie 15 What kids often had removed 20 Heat in the microwave 22 A woodwind 24 Antitoxin 26 Pays, as the bill

27 Madras money 28 Give way 30 Luxury cars 32 Urbane 33 Moved little by little 34 Theater units 37 Consumed 40 — up (got quiet) 42 Glued tight 45 Parka closer 47 Trevi Fountain coins, once 50 Ointment 54 More than snacks 56 Goes with 57 Like this 58 Done with reckless haste 59 Helm position 60 Trivial mistake 62 Change decor 63 Cereal husk 64 Root crop 67 Riviera summer