Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Like “le” in Fr. or
“el” in Sp. 5 Scissors sound 9 Stuffed shirts 14 Utah ski resort
that means “high” 15 Statistician Silver 16 __ buddy 17 High-intensity indoor cycling group
19 Video game name for nearly 50 years
20 Bar mitzvah scroll 21 __-Cola
23 Variety show bit 24 Cinderella’s ride 27 Barrio grocery 30 “Nope”
31 Many a Monopoly
prop. 32 Microwaves 36 “Agree totally!” 40 Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across 44 Protein-building
acid
45 Settles a bill 46 Epitome of
slipperiness 47 Bath fixture with claw feet, perhaps
49 __ Vision: eye
care chain
52 Pipe unclogger 58 500 sheets of
paper 59 Scratching post
users
60 Duo Hall & __ 64 Gillette razors 66 Feature of New
York-style pizza 68 Jotted (down) 69 Lamarr of old
films 70 Mandatory bet 71 Nine-player
chamber group 72 Part of GE: Abbr. 73 Overflow (with)
DOWN
1 Sail holder 2 Friskies sister brand 3 Pudding recipe
direction 4 Cocktail party
nibble
5 NBC skit show 6 Rights org. since
1909
7 “Not to worry” 8 Joe of “Home
Alone”
9 Agcy. that helps
startups
10 Just fair 11 Japanese port 12 Antiseptic acid
type
13 Worker suffix with
black or silver 18 Drink all at once 22 Gothic novelist
Radcliffe 25 Puzzle with paths 26 Group bowing to
a curtain call 27 Ali __
28 Egg cell
29 Arnaz of early TV 33 Deadly viper 34 Awarenessraising TV ad: Abbr.
35 Devious 37 Leaper in a tractor company logo 38 Hershiser of
baseball
39 Land in the
ocean
41 Very personal 42 Part of speech
after “the,” often 43 Sports bar
channel 48 Discreetly send a
dupe email to 50 Fair-hiring agcy. 51 Noah’s landfall 52 Sketched
53 In style again 54 Composer
Copland
55 Wood shop tool 56 “I Love Lucy” role 57 Actor-to-audience
remark
61 Bring into pitch 62 90° from norte 63 Wineglass support 65 Good to go 67 Five-bor. city