Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Tip politely 5 Friendship 10 Approved
14 Taj Mahal
locale 15 Longtime work
animal 16 Michelin product 17 Competition with
runners
18 It may be bid 19 Target Field
MLBer
20 Kind of code 22 Tense tennis
situation 24 Talons 27 Leveling wedge 28 Rhine whine 30 Opinion
32 Mass media
magnate 36 “Harrumph!” 37 Gillette brand 38 Showy
39 Old Testament
prophet 41 Strong
aversions 43 Clothes closer 44 High-ranking
angel
46 Rebuke from
Caesar
48 Only NFL team without a helmet logo, on scoreboards 49 Big shot 50 Snorkeling site 51 Half a bray 52 Rock’s mate? 54 Splatter in a
puddle
56 Helped
remember 60 Diving action 63 Day when 46-Across was spoken
64 Key material 67 Subtle glow 68 Essence
69 More
contemporary 70 Bygone despot 71 Night at an inn,
e.g.
72 Blokes 73 Conducted, as a
meeting
DOWN
1 Like many a cellar 2 Fancy molding 3 Mellophone’s
orchestral cousin 4 Like the most
serious error 5 Lawyer’s org. 6 Wasp nest
component 7 Pupil’s place 8 Beech and birch 9 Inn for traveling
students 10 Hassock cousins 11 Fuzzy fruit
12 “__ go bragh!” 13 Bad impression 21 Soap brand 23 Embarkation
location
25 Not being forthcoming about 26 Antitoxins 28 Embarrass 29 Hitchcock film
trademark 31 With the answer below, dilute ... and a hint to the four longest answers 33 Home on the
range 34 Clichéd 35 Home on the
range
40 Room for
vestments 42 Nice saisons 45 Sound prefix 47 Alien craft 53 Flood deterrent 55 Mower’s path 56 Readies for
sailing
57 Cut text, e.g. 58 City near Phoenix 59 See the answer
above
61 Like some
vaccines
62 Oater bro
65 No longer
working: Abbr. 66 Mos. and mos.