‘Head of the Table’
ACROSS 1 George Takei’s husband 5 Most-grown apple variety in the
US
9 Recuperates
14 Deliver a dull speech to, say 15 Bits of binary code 16 Improbable victory
17 Smart breakfast grains? 19 Biscayne Bay city
20 ___ out (secretly observed) 21 Number of Canadian provinces 23 “Are you serious?!”
24 Smart Thanksgiving side? 27 “Not this again!”
30 Pull
31 Constricting creature 32 Response to a sneeze 35 Looking stylish
39 Currency in Finland 40 Uv-blocking stat
42 Princess who became a Jedi 43 Queens’ domains
46 Alternative to a fast pitch? 49 Mass, e.g., in Boston 50 48-Down genre
51 Biden’s home state: Abbr. 52 Smart dairy slice?
58 16, for 32
59 Its nail may be polished 60 Devil, in Spanish
64 Like owls and orioles
66 Grub that keeps you smart,
and a theme hint
68 Publicly condemn
69 Take the bait
70 Like food truck orders
71 Foe
72 Gen Zer’s excited exclamation 73 Relative of a Heath bar
DOWN
1 Occasions for outdoor
smoking, briefly?
2 Win, and then some
3 Diva’s showpiece
4 Dealers shuffle them
5 Heroic fellow
6 Santa ___ winds
7 “Lady Bird” actor Tracy
8 CIA informant
9 Play a kazoo
10 Spectacular blunders 11 “Same for me”
12 Car to watch out for? 13 What a honeybee can do
just once
18 Romantic poet John 22 Worn-down pencils
25 They may be inflated or fragile 26 Stylish dresser
27 Ride app
28 “Krazy” substance
29 Juno, to the Greeks
33 Green field?
34 Increases
36 Social media display
37 Lodge, as a complaint 38 Pronoun in Texas
41 Explorer SUV maker
44 NBA VIP
45 One may form after a schism 47 Trendy slimming strategy
48 “5 O’clock” singer
52 Subtle criticism
53 Refuge
54 Restaurateur in an Arlo Guthrie
song
55 Brewing beer or collecting
coins, e.g.
56 Spine-chilling
57 Castaways’ constructions 61 Reserve on Vrbo 62 Business card image 63 Smell of a teen’s room, say 65 The Bronx Bombers,
on scoreboards
67 Cleaned your plate