CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Soothing ointment 5 Criticize harshly 9 Deep-voiced singer 14 Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan

15 Every 12 mos. 16 Significant __: partner 17 Place for junk 19 Genetic twin 20 “Honey, I’m Home” singer Twain

21 Wagons at midday socials

23 B and B’s, e.g.

25 Home of twigs

26 Did a marathon, say 28 Relaxation of govt. rules

31 Skip, with “out”

34 Turn loose

36 Annoys 38 Oft-stubbed digit 39 In time gone by

40 U.S. Congress, informally

42 Enjoyed a meal 43 Web or nanny follower

44 Reef makeup

45 Some youth ctrs. 47 Cotton gin inventor Whitney 48 Defy authority 50 Approves

51 Dimpled facial feature, perhaps

54 Game room missile 56 From Tokyo, say 60 Overly large

64 Still in the game 65 Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down 67 Distance runner 68 Prescription amount 69 “Enchanted” movie girl played by Anne Hathaway

70 Arterial implant 71 Seeks answers

72 Doe or stag

Down

1 “Porgy and __”

2 Half a McDonald’s logo 3 Old Italian money 4 Definition

5 Manually

6 “__ you comfy?” 7 Venetian blind piece 8 Promote big-time 9 Italian lawn bowling 10 Book of maps

11 Small order of pancakes

12 FedExed, say 13 Unrefined minerals 18 ATM code

22 __-hair pasta 24 Extremely harsh

26 Fit for a monarch 27 Nuclear reactor 29 Get-well program, briefly

30 Banished from one’s country

32 Greek i’s

33 Golfer’s pegs

34 Doily trim

35 Needing no Rx

37 Like a fox, it’s said 41 Lena who sang “Stormy Weather” 46 Took a drive 49 Wood-shaping machines

52 Place of refuge 53 Chemically nonreactive

55 Fish eggs

56 Traffic tie-ups 57 Touched down 58 Ginger ale or root beer

59 “The Catch” actress Mireille __

61 Liver secretion 62 Shipwreck site

63 Stick shift choice 66 “Shame on you!”