Crossword by Myles Mellor & Sally York
Across
1. Cause of headscratching, perhaps
5. Applies lightly
9. Narc’s org.
12. Gambler’s marker
13. “Foundation” author Asimov
15. “Star Wars” knight
16. Affect
17. A lot
18. Kind of column
19. Flowers
22. “Attract” end
23. Switch positions
24. Health Act
28. “Pulp Fiction” director
34. Kind of account
35. Keyed up
36. Shelley’s “___ Skylark”
37. Flowers
42. “Wheel of Fortune” request
43. Commuting option
44. Against
45. Guards
48. Barely beats
49. Buck’s mate
50. Basis of some divisions
52. Flower fields in Provence
60. Amatory god
61. Words repeated at the start of the “Sailor’s Song”
62. Archeological site
64. Englishman, slangily
65. Heart of France
66. Drive
67. Capt’s. heading, perhaps
68. Soft infant foods
69. A drawbridge may span one
Down
1. Digital readout, for short
2. Pancake maker
3. Big bank, for short
4. Lord Grantham alma mater on “Downton Abbey”
5. Dance style
6. Cockeyed
7. “The Beverly Hillbillies” regular
8. Cut, as a log
9. Banking task
10. God’s garden
11. Comes to the rescue
14. “Stars and Bars” flag org.
15. It allows for movement
20. Amanti is one
21. Arizona national monument
24. Big East team
25. “Goodnight” girl of song
26. “Race car” is one
27. “That’s ___!”
29. Ever
30. Battle of Britain grp.
31. “___ Wiedersehen”
32. “The Beautiful Country” star, Nick
33. Desert sight
38. Projecting window
39. Blanched
40. Fizzle out
41. Little League coach, often
46. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” girl
47. Stockpile
48. Bard’s nightfall
51. They get changed
52. Brazilian soccer legend
53. “A God in Ruins” novelist
54. Abbr. after a comma
55. Roller coaster feature
56. On a deck, perhaps
57. Bongo, for one
58. Continental coin
59. Baltic Sea port
63. After expenses