CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Oktoberfest mugs 7 Possessed

12 Battleship letters 15 Sit-up kin 16 Letter-shaped violin opening

17 “Picked” complaint 18 *Gift basket retailer known for cheese and smoked sausage 20 __-la-la

21 Director Brooks 22 Soccer family rides 23 More frigid

25 Lyrical 27 *Oktoberfest venues 31 “What’s up, __?” 33 Unlike Bond’s martini 34 Wunderkind 37 Highchair fashion 38 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul”

42 *Robin Williams drama set at a prep school 46 Actress Hathaway 47 Texter’s caveat

48 Edit

49 Xylophone kin 53 Went first

54 *Classic Ford model 58 Window ledge

61 Low voice

62 Hammer target 64 Campground chain HQ’d in Billings, MT 65 Natural resource 66 Essentials, or what the first words of the answers to the starred clues are

71 Broadcaster with regular pledge drives 72 Deep-seated 73 Military gesture 74 Shaved head? 75 Skewered appetizer served with peanut sauce

76 Seismic event

Down

1 Hard-to-like person 2 Did one’s best

3 Type of geometry 4 Ballpoint pen filler

5 GIs with chevrons 6 Landscaping bush 7 Compensate for

8 “Huh ... ?”

9 Fin. neighbor

10 Stately tree

11 Long for

12 Disentangle 13 Warning signal 14 Plays the lead

19 First name in fashion 24 Outmoded data readers on PCs

26 Denounces 28 Corduroy ridges 29 Pinot __: white wine grape

30 Ann __, Michigan 32 Arresting figure? 34 Couple’s indiscretion, for short

35 Female lobster 36 Rippled pattern 39 Judge on “America’s Got Talent”

40 Sci-fi aviators 41 Nautical “yes” 43 Mideast leader 44 “Lara Croft: __ Raider” 45 Animation collectible 50 Aphrodite’s love 51 Consisting of two parts

52 Galway Bay island group

54 Steakhouse order 55 Pluckable instruments 56 Computer operators 57 Quaint “performed” 59 State drawing

60 __ pointer 63 Letter-shaped brace 67 Spanish “a”

68 Blasting material 69 Aquaman’s realm 70 Fútbol fan’s cry