Crossword

ACROSS

1 Tip politely 5 Friendship 10 Approved

14 Taj Mahal locale 15 Longtime work

animal 16 Michelin product 17 Competition with

runners

18 It may be bid 19 Target Field

MLBer

20 Kind of code 22 Tense tennis

situation 24 Talons 27 Leveling wedge 28 Rhine whine 30 Opinion

32 Mass media

magnate 36 “Harrumph!” 37 Gillette brand 38 Showy

39 Old Testament

prophet 41 Strong

aversions 43 Clothes closer 44 High-ranking

angel

46 Rebuke from

Caesar

48 Only NFL team without a helmet logo, on scoreboards 49 Big shot 50 Snorkeling site 51 Half a bray 52 Rockʼs mate? 54 Splatter in a

puddle

56 Helped

remember 60 Diving action 63 Day when 46-Across was spoken

64 Key material 67 Subtle glow 68 Essence

69 More

contemporary 70 Bygone despot 71 Night at an inn,

e.g.

72 Blokes 73 Conducted, as a

meeting

DOWN

1 Like many a cellar 2 Fancy molding 3 Mellophoneʼs

orchestral cousin 4 Like the most

serious error 5 Lawyerʼs org. 6 Wasp nest

component 7 Pupilʼs place 8 Beech and birch 9 Inn for traveling

students 10 Hassock cousins 11 Fuzzy fruit

12 “__ go bragh!” 13 Bad impression 21 Soap brand 23 Embarkation

location

25 Not being forthcoming about 26 Antitoxins 28 Embarrass 29 Hitchcock film

trademark 31 With the answer below, dilute

... and a hint to the four longest answers 33 Home on the

range 34 Clichéd 35 Home on the

range 40 Room for

vestments 42 Nice saisons 45 Sound prefix 47 Alien craft 53 Flood

deterrent 55 Mowerʼs path 56 Readies for

sailing

57 Cut text, e.g. 58 City near

Phoenix

59 See the answer

above

61 Like some

vaccines 62 Oater bro

65 No longer

working: Abbr. 66 Mos. and mos.