Crossword

ACROSS

1 WCs

5 Rope fiber plants

10 Shell game, e.g.

14 Hodgepodge

15 Wedding

16 Somewhat, in music

17 Blockhead

18 Ulan Bator residents

20 Electrical unit

22 “Citizen Kane” director

23 Fill with love

24 Flower part

26 Philosophy suffix

28 Antediluvian

29 Talk, talk, talk

32 Drive away

36 With the bow, in music

38 “__ Lisa”

39 Share good fortune, as suggested in four sets of circles

42 Ore bed

43 Multivitamin ingredient

44 Compare

45 Fielder’s strong throw

46 Cultural Revolution leader

47 Recede

49 Does some mending

51 Disaster area thief

56 Gauguin’s island retreat

59 Bayou critter

61 Wedding party member

63 Inevitable outcome

64 What Benjamin Button did backward

65 Not windy 66 Side squared, for a square

67 Like Santa’s cheeks

68 Eyelid woes

69 Metallica drummer Ulrich

DOWN

1 Age of Enlightenment philosopher

2 Do-or-die Texas Hold ’em bet

3 String quartet instrument

4 City destroyed in Genesis

5 Caters to

6 Carbon compound

7 Freebies near the register

8 Faddish ’90s disc

9 Road maintenance vehicle

10 Mop target

11 Shade of black

12 Proactiv+ target

13 What some proverbial stones don’t gather

19 Detective’s need

21 “And there you have it!”

25 Epoch in the Cenozoic Era

27 __ of honor

29 Egg part

30 Get the pot going

31 Madeline of “Blazing Saddles”

32 “Let us know if you’re coming” letters

33 Duel tool

34 Uptight type

35 Bard’s nightfall

37 Density symbol, in physics

38 __ tai

40 Nin and Frank

41 Macaroni shape

46 Pal at the barbie

48 Turbine parts

49 One of Sean Combs’ stage names

50 Hair-raising

52 Butcher shop byproduct

53 Sparkly crown

54 Perfume compound

55 Relatives of emus

56 Lift up the slope

57 Golden Fleece ship

58 Goes quickly, quaintly

60 Ascend

62 Bumped into