DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Baghdad is its

capital

5 Really slow

parties

10 Bloke

14 Hindu spiritual

adviser

15 Latin for “gold” 16 British nobleman below a marquess

17 Rifle range

rounds

18 Failure to exercise appropriate care 20 Nicholas II was

the last one 22 Nod up and down 25 Enjoy the slopes 26 Nav. rank

27 Bath bathroom 28 “To make a __

story short ...” 32 Jessica with two Oscars and three Emmys 34 Hopping western

rodents

38 Jai __

39 Formal “Door’s

open”

40 Green Hornet’s

sidekick 44 Meteor

47 Glide on a rink 50 Soon, in

Shakespeare 51 Well output 52 Tic-__-toe

53 __ Lingus 56 Submit a résumé (for), as a job

58 Tasks in music,

painting, etc. 63 Like hastily made

plans

64 Berra or a bear 68 Dip __ in: test the

water

69 Meeting leader 70 Enjoy, as gum 71 Well-mannered

man

72 Works at,

as a bar

73 __ sapiens

DOWN

1 Supermarket

initials

2 Mojito liquor 3 Chair’s elbow rest 4 Repeat exactly 5 Scully on

“The X-files” 6 Regretful sort 7 2012 Affleck film that won Best Picture

8 Large bodies

of water

9 Smug grin 10 Chicken cacciatore quintet 11 “Dear Evan __”:

2015 musical 12 Curving, like the sun crossing the sky

13 Polite request

starter

19 What a plea deal

concedes

21 Ward of “House” 22 __-Seltzer 23 Objective 24 Barrett of gossip 29 Creme-filled

cookie 30 It’s forbidden 31 Have to, in slang 33 Questions

35 Main point 36 Horse rider’s strap

37 Florence’s river 41 Where division leaders sit, vis-àvis the standings 42 What a dog wags 43 Paris airport 45 Jalopies

46 Tiny biting insect 47 WWII prison camp 48 Self-defense technique 49 Responds to, as a tip

54 Build

55 Tamiflu producer 57 “Fooled you!” 59 Editor’s “keep it” 60 Folk singer Baez 61 Oklahoma city 62 Some USN officers

65 “I get it now!” 66 Diamond, for one 67 __ Jima

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