UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Georgetown

athletes 6 TV’s Griffin 10 Simpson kid 14 “Maria —” 15 “En garde”

weapon 16 Miscellanies 17 First-magnitude

star 18 Polygraph

flunker 19 Subatomic

particle 20 Flowering trees 22 Prone’s opposite 24 Ought 25 Long overcoat 26 California

volcano 30 Perchance 32 Solemn promise 33 Talkative trucker 35 Takes a breather 40 Gunsmith 42 A favorite relative 44 Ditto (2 wds.) 45 Sunburn remedy 47 Arizona city 48 Golden Fleece

ship 50 Writer — Allende 52 Oddball 56 Natural impulse 58 Least typical 59 Subdue 64 “A Visit From the Goon Squad” author 65 Vigoda and

Fortas 67 Free 68 Dollar fraction 69 Pool cover 70 Minneapolis

suburb 71 Mr. Kristofferson 72 No problem 73 Solitude enjoyer DOWN 1 Collies do it 2 Hodgepodge 3 Safecracker 4 Over again 5 Seven-veil

dancer 6 Blends 7 Long letter 8 Power agcy. 9 Against 10 Bedside fixtures 11 Aleut language 12 Lyon’s river 13 Emmy-winning

Ed 21 Postal meter

unit 23 “Violet” lead-in 26 Crumbly soil 27 Rhine tributary 28 Mo. bill 29 Frighten a fly 31 Thus 34 Talk big 36 Gaelic pop star 37 Rudely ignore 38 Marathoner’s

stat 39 — of approval 41 Highways 43 Be a monarch 46 Slats 49 Take turns