CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 French “Thank you”

6 Political alliance

10 Strongbox

14 Starters

15 New York school named after a Scottish isle

16 “Grand slam”

awards acronym

17 African

herbivore

18 “Double Indemnity” genre

19 Filmmaker

Ephron

20 Shoplifting?

23 Huffy mood

24 Pacific

Northwest st.

25 “Lady Bird” Oscar nominee Metcalf

29 Insider trading?

32 Male with horns

35 Road goo

36 Cushioned seat

37 La madre de su

prima

38 Family docs

41 Food with

altered DNA

43 Martin’s “The

West Wing” role

44 Lobby group for

seniors

46 Big primate

48 Erodes

50 Money

laundering?

54 Depress

55 Group of whales

56 Greeting Down

Under

60 “I did nothing wrong!,” or an apt title for this puzzle?

63 Essential nutrient for the immune system

66 Pulled strings?

67 Bushy-tailed

canines

68 Field

69 Aware of

70 Singer Patsy

71 Dollop

72 Blast from the __

73 Snow vehicles

DOWN

1 Gas station shops

2 “__ Frome”: Edith Wharton novel

3 Hands-on

healing practice

4 “Do my eyes

deceive me?”

5 “My time to

shine!”

6 Using only ones

and zeros

7 Least strict

8 “Put a lid __!”

9 Deterrent in a

parking garage

10 Parodies

11 Before now

12 Pro

13 “Wheels down”

stat, for short

21 Jupiter or Mars

22 Suede property

26 Spanish wine

region

27 Deduce

28 “Zounds!”

30 __ chart: corporate diagram

31 Move one’s tail

32 Males with

antlers

33 Jeweled

accessory

34 Like cornstalks?

39 Spot for fast

cash

40 Mud wrap

venue

42 Possess

45 Human-powered

taxi

47 Competitive

video gaming

49 Appetizer served with duck sauce

51 Brooklyn NBA

player

52 Family-style

Asian dish

53 Journalist

Tarbell

57 Carter of “Designing Women”

58 Modify

59 Agreements

61 Mama’s mama

62 Ozonedestroying chemicals: Abbr.

63 Zig counterpart

64 Not online,

online

65 Prefix for classical and gothic