Today’s Crossword

ACROSS 1 Fix apples 5 Polite cough 9 From Havana 14 Grad 15 Crumbly cheese 16 Boys Town site 17 Warrior 19 — Downs

(racetrack) 20 Prickle 21 Fast-moving

snake 23 Hole in a

needle 24 Skirtlike

garment 26 Horse’s ankle 28 Column type 31 Lacked 35 By Jove! 38 Eurasian range 40 Fence crossover 41 Roy Rogers’

wife 42 Becomes a dad 44 Bloke’s

streetcar 45 Angry look 47 Apply caulking 48 Late-night host 49 Artists’ stands 51 Play hockey 53 Clock’s front 55 Pilot’s position 59 Cereal grain 62 Exits 65 Pierre’s brother 66 Arcade name 68 Hairdos 70 Long-legged bird Auditorium Kind of van Pick up stakes Baja Ms. In full view 71 72 73 74 75 DOWN 1 Treaties 2 Island greeting 3 Gossip’s delight 4 Did needlework 5 At the stern 6 Perceive 7 Long-active volcano Go together Forces Sports off. Headquarters Greeting at sea Entry form ID Part of A.D. Many many years Veld grazers Percussion instruments Purple flower Is worried about Terrible 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 25 27 29 30 32 33 Joie de vivre 34 Test-drive vehicle 35 Advantage 36 Fete 37 Sorrowful wail 39 Pipe problem 43 — dunk 46 Skipping syllables 50 — Tome 52 Minor falling-out 54 Highland lakes 56 Craggy abode 57 Sherlock’s lady friend Varnish ingredient Vacation destination Pharaoh’s god Rainproof cover Hearty laugh River deposit Beluga delicacy Gator Bowl site 58 59 60 61 63 64 67 69