Crossword

ACROSS 1 Word after “brush” or “pull” 6 Justice Samuel

11 Scoundrel

14 Scrooge, at first

15 Animal at an oasis

16 Lines of praise 17 *Temporarily stop talking to 19 Game console since 2006 20 King in a Shakespeare tragedy

21 Soft ball pitcher?

22 Many are written in HTML 24 Other than

26 *Totally 28 Emotionally distant 31 Victor’s cry

32 *Tries to start a scandal, say 36 Come together 39 Farmland units

40 Plastic ___ Band 41 Helpful 43 Marijuana-regulating org. 44 *They may have all the answers

46 Reply to the Little Red Hen 49 Greet and seat 50 *Noodle dish that often contains peanuts

53 Pet collar attachment 57 Absinthe flavor

58 Bit of nesting material

61 Go up rapidly

62 Card game that initially proceeds clockwise 63 Major purchase for some newlyweds, and a hint to the starred answers

66 ... --- ...

67 Fjord or sound

68 Eighth of a cup 69 London ___ (big Ferris wheel) 70 Expressionless 71 Animal in a Yellowstone stampede

DOWN

1 Plentiful

2 Proctor ___ (appliance brand)

3 Biblical near-sacrifice 4 Go down 5 Previously, in poetry 6 Pubescent skin woe 7 Bert of “The Wizard of Oz” 8 “Peace out”

9 Abbr. before an area code 10 Familiar saying 11 Unusual ingredient in some beef dishes

12 Parting word in France 13 Many a Founding Father, religiously

18 Ahead, score-wise 23 Judge Lance

25 +

27 Like a burning candle 29 Dumpster smell

30 End, to Brigitte Macron 32 Paternal palindrome 33 Rocks, at the bar 34 Pretentiously inflated 35 Sauna garment 37 Superlative ending 38 “___ Miserables”

41 The “O” of B&O Railroad 42 Chinese architectural philosophy

44 Org. behind the Bay of Pigs Invasion

45 Marsh plant

47 Extra NHL periods 48 Doctoral paper 50 Hesitate

51 Bug

52 Author Calvino

54 Dora the Explorer and Daisy Duck

55 Total Car Care chain 56 Earth-friendly

59 Wee warbler 60 ___-bitty 64 Dynamite letters

65 ___ Roy (cocktail)