Crossword

ACROSS

1 Longstocking of

kiddie lit

6 “Jason Bourne” star Damon 10 Shell rowers 14 Biting, as criticism 15 Sound reduced

by carpeting 16 Hill worker

17 Earl Grey relative 18 Old Roman

fiddler 19 Buttonlike earring 20 #1 in Major League Baseball career earnings 23 Puppy’s cry 24 Chaney of “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925) 25 Acidity nos. 28 1970s joint U.S.-Soviet space flight 35 Function 37 Actors’ union,

briefly

38 Remove from office 39 Fortified city of Castile and León 41 Diamond stat 43 “MASH” corporal 44 “Cape Fear” star 46 Spinning toy 48 Building bricks

brand

49 Math class

surprise

52 Arles article 53 Salad dressing

ingredient

54 Sis or bro 56 Musical genre of Tito Puente and Dizzy Gillespie 63 “See ya!” 65 Acting

independently 66 “For real!”

67 “Um, that’s fine” 68 Villainous 69 Par-three clubs,

often

70 Route-finding app

71 Risqué message 72 Common teen phase

DOWN

1 Hemingway moniker

2 Eur. island country 3 Chow kin, briefly

4 Voting substitute 5 Spanish airline 6 Darn

7 Asian PC brand 8 Really excite

9 “I can’t top that” 10 Job for a judge 11 Upscale hotel 12 LSU URL letters 13 Elope, say

21 They sometimes attract: Abbr. 22 Racing giant Bobby 25 Italian fashion house

26 Crude abode 27 David’s weapon 29 10-Across tool 30 Rainbow flag letters 31 National gemstone of Australia 32 Alpine melody 33 Customary practice 34 Binary system digits 36 Peace Nobelist Wiesel

40 Ann __, Michigan 42 Debtor’s

promise

45 Team nicknamed the Birds 47 Italian tower town

50 Niche 51 Alphabetically last flower on a list of familiar ones

55 Tennis great Borg 56 All-inclusive, and a hint to 20-, 28-, 49- and 56-Across 57 The Piltdown Man, notably 58 Operating system since the ’60s 59 Orion’s __ 60 Sleep like __ 61 Cab alternatives 62 Lemon peel 63 AAA service 64 “Eureka!”