FRIDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tbsp., for example 4 Touchy monarch? 9 “United States of Al” network

12 “Very droll” 14 Representation 15 Edible seed

16 Port near the Red Sea 17 To date

18 Wild party 19 Near-EGOT winner Midler (she’s missing the O)

21 Org. with admirals 22 Reviews briefly

23 Gets gasps from

24 Bit of rebar 25 Philippine currency 26 Word often contracted 27 Text lead-in 30 “Oversharing!” 32 Home of the Green Wave 34 Shrewdness 36 Inventing middle name

37 Short two-pointer 41 “Critique of Judgment” author 42 Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves

43 Opposite of après 44 Madrid pronoun 45 Like email notifications 48 33-Down members: Abbr.

51 Update follower, perhaps

52 “’And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!’”: “The Merchant of Venice” 55 Old TWA competitor 57 Coastal raptor 58 Shady place

60 Signs

61 __ al-Fitr: end-of Ramadan feast

62 Greek letter

63 Apple product 64 “Therefore ... ” 66 Natural resources 67 “Star Wars” role

68 Star in Orion 69 “That’s that!”

70 1974 CIA spoof 71 Word with home or bed 72 Tiny crawlers

DOWN

1 Obsessed mariner 2 Added to the official playbook

3 Start of a seasonal title 4 Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards

5 “Not a doubt in my mind”

6 Title, part 2

7 Chair’s prep job 8 Wimbledon division 9 End of the title 10 Drumroll follower 11 Comments

13 Part of a pot 15 Smelting fuel 20 “Around the Horn” airer

22 It’s risky to work on it 26 Slightly

28 Fix a messy package, say

29 Certain rider’s pace 31 Grooving on 33 Organization for 48-Across

35 Short strings? 38 Comment about a familiar film

39 With the contents of this grid’s circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9Down

40 Salton, for one

46 __ control

47 RBI, e.g.

48 Booty

49 Increase

50 Not at all up-front 52 Puck handler? 53 Strong

54 Gets rid of

56 Long range

59 Mary’s upstairs neighbor

64 MGM motto word 65 Stale