The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

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

11/22/22 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