Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 HIV-treating drug 4 Word with contracts or contractions 9 More brooding 15 Mauna __ 16 Frugal way to wed 17 Big blood vessels 18 Animal kingdom
predator
21 Car radio letters 22 Genius 8000 toothbrushes, e.g.
23 Flanders of
Springfield 24 Bakery draw 27 Most populous
continent
28 Road Runner
stills, e.g. 29 Animal kingdom
traitor
32 Lucy of
“Elementary” 33 Bark holder 34 Absorb, with “up” 35 Speeder’s
undoing
37 Igor, to Dr.
Frankenstein 40 Like Redbox films 44 __ a plea
46 One removed by
a wine lover 48 Musical knack 49 Animal kingdom
eccentricity 54 Enticement 55 Space
56 Figure of speech 57 Nonprofit URL
ending
58 Sheena who collaborated with Prince
60 It can end on a
high note 62 Animal kingdom
complication 66 1927 movie
innovation 67 Turkic language 68 The Bosporus,
e.g.: Abbr. 69 Zooms
70 Sauce made with
pine nuts 71 PreCheck org.
DOWN 1 Two before Charlie 2 Fanatic love of
animals
3 It may involve cooking the books
4 Super Bowl IV
MVP Dawson 5 PC shortcut key 6 __-chic: hippieinfluenced fashion style 7 Performs surgery 8 Go over again 9 Guys’ attaché
alternatives 10 Fireworks cries 11 Golf expert 12 Apple music app 13 Stands for oils 14 Clarinets, e.g. 19 “It’s just a flesh
wound” 20 Nobelist Wiesel 25 Some
undergrounds 26 It can be fresh
but not insulting 28 Crunch’s rank 29 35mm camera
type
30 Cultural funding
gp.
31 Swindled 36 Entr’__
38 Work a crowd 39 Digit for water
testing? 41 Clear-cut, as for
lumber
42 Pesky critters 43 Parched 45 Pittsburgh team 47 Stat for the
45-Down 49 Gunny sack fabric 50 Socks pattern 51 Enjoy a bagel,
say 52 Add
53 Actor Neeson 54 Artists’ pads 58 City west of
Tulsa
59 Pen points
61 First razor with a
pivoting head 63 Pres. after Harry 64 Site-seeing place,
with “the”
65 Ring ref’s
decision