DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lose brightness 5 Sonic the Hedgehog developer 9 “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” instrument 14 High-resolution

film format 15 Spanish cross 16 Lariat loop 17 Political nickname for the Pacific states 19 Up and about 20 Catch in a snare 21 Departs 23 Tiler’s calculation 25 Civil War side:

Abbr. 26 Deep voice 29 Mexican seafood

entrée 35 European peak 36 Delivered from

the womb 38 Trix or Kix 39 Rubber roller 41 Puccini title soprano whose name is an anagram of the ends of the four longest puzzle answers 43 Designer

Schiaparelli 44 Nevertheless 46 Geological

timespans 48 Put a match to 49 Protective

botanical layers 51 Uneven, as a

leaf’s edge 53 Everything 54 “Gone With the

Wind” plantation 56 When the cock

crows 61 Gospel writer enshrined in a Venice basilica 65 To no __: fruitlessly 66 Foppish neckwear 68 Esther of “Good

Times” 69 Bendable joint 70 Lake on New York’s western border 71 140-characters-or

fewer message 72 Like much cheese

and wine 73 Scream

DOWN

1 Submit one’s

taxes 2 “You said it!” 3 Inane 4 Crowd scene

actors 5 Mouthwash brand 6 Significant time 7 Speak effusively 8 Early Mexicans 9 At the movies, perhaps 10 ’90s candidate H. __ Perot 11 Attend 12 “Yeah, sure” 13 Soft ball maker 18 Chocolate

substitute 22 Waste receptacle 24 Dr. J hairstyle 26 Motel in a Hitch

cock classic 27 Energetic 28 Shopping frenzy 30 Map in a map 31 “__ you coming?” 32 String quartet

member 33 Fertile desert spot 34 Pool table slab 37 “Becket” star

Peter 40 Come to a close 42 Price 45 Miss in the game

of Clue 47 Mattress choice 50 49th state 52 Jazz pianist Lewis 55 Showed curiosity 56 Blowgun projectile 57 Swear to be true 58 Third-oldest U.S.

university 59 Irascibility 60 Mattress choice 62 Good-sized

backyard 63 Churn up 64 “Power Hits”

series record label 67 Robert E. __