CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 “High Voltage” band 5 Sprang

10 Neaten (up)

14 Cry out loud

15 Lauder of makeup 16 Inkling

17 *”In my uninformed opinion ... “

19 Russian dynast

20 Not prohibited 21 Biennial games gp. 22 Word with fall or fill 23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying 27 Western defense gp. 28 “__ queen!”: “Work it!” 29 Nowhere to be found 33 Member of the fam 35 Absorb with bread, as gravy

39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues 43 Long-stemmed mushroom

44 Director Lee

45 Like gloomy skies 46 Monarch’s reign, e.g. 48 Cellist’s need 50 *Become a better person, say

58 __ jockey 59 Satisfied sigh

60 “You win”

61 On the ocean 62 *Thoroughly refute 65 Entry point

66 More loyal 67 Black-eyed __ 68 Celebrity chef Burrell 69 Twilled fabric 70 Eyelid bump

Down

1 “Where there’s __ ... “2 Typical Stan Lee role 3 Wild dog of Australia 4 Dagger’s partner 5 Supervillain Luthor 6 Second sight, for short 7 Dined at home

8 1990s presidential candidate

9 Easy to set off 10 “Grease,” for one 11 “My take is ... “12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus

13 Three feet 18 Baby-voiced red Muppet

24 Lack of difficulty 25 “__ just me ... ?” 26 Sunup direction 29 Elastic bandage brand 30 Looking sickly

31 Artist Yoko 32 “Whatever!” 34 Barnyard bleat

36 Part of wpm

37 Can. neighbor 38 Future analyst’s maj. 40 Lass

41 Elena Delle Donne’s org.

42 Aviation pioneer Sikorsky

47 Moves with the times 49 Forsaken child 50 American buffalo 51 Apply to

52 Spy-fi great John le __ 53 Go time, in military slang

54 Applauds 55 Apartment window sign

56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of “Wild”

58 Tot’s first word, maybe

63 Act like a couch potato, with “out”

64 Poetic “before”