‘ahead of time’

ACROSS

1 Toot your own horn

5 Waffle brand

9 Sound of a perfect basketball shot 14 Put to sleep, perhaps

15 Queen consort of Jordan 16 Japanese bread crumbs

17 “You kids hush now!”

19 Muppet with a rubber duckie 20 Gambler’s wager

21 Genome molecule

22 Game of checkers?

23 Back talk

25 Ingredient in fries, informally 27 “Dropped” drug

30 Flying saucer’s purpose

34 Artist Yoko

35 Christmas lights might hang from

one

36 Mad Men hat

37 Gear teeth

39 Psychic power, briefly

41 Knighted fellows

42 Impede

45 Part of B.A. 48 Army bed

49 When college students may hit the

beach

51 Triage ctrs.

52 En pointe, in ballet

53 “Judge” of taste

55 It floats up the flue

57 He/him/___

59 Big name in cubism?

63 Alumnae, e.g.

64 Complete 180 (Note: The title hints at what can follow both words of each starred clue’s answer)

66 Declares

67 Diagram type with circles

68 Cut loose

69 Unlike this clue, which is far too wordy and could have simply been just “curt”

70 CEO, CFO, COO or CTO

71 “I’ve ___ better”

DOWN

1 Jul. 4 cookouts

2 Defeat soundly

3 Big song at the Met 4 Some speak fluent Klingon

5 Finish

6 “Talked your way out of that!” 7 Oscar night dress

8 Lavishly decorated

9 Titular org. in a 2015 Bond film 10 “Extreme Sour” candies

11 What only you can hear

12 Goes down a snowy hill, say

13 Tools to break up soil

18 Taunt

24 The aptly named business Face It,

for one

26 DOJ division

27 Bodies of water that sound secure 28 Be nosy

29 One who makes a boxer look smart? 31 Labor activist Chavez

32 Editor’s catch

33 Isn’t just a fad

38 Bad eggs or rotten eggs

40 “To continue in English, ___”

43 Like a strong feeling

44 “The GOAT” hides it

46 The Joy Luck Club author Amy 47 Hybrid activewear garment

50 “Act nice!”

54 Polishes

55 Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth nickname) 56 “You’re in my way!”

58 Goat with curved horns

60 Naked

61 Slushy treat

62 Avid

65 Tar Heels’ sch.