Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Storied December shelf dweller
4 Kind of gun that catches speeders 9 Burning crime 14 Pooh pal in a
pouch
15 Spanish month 16 Colorful tank fish 17 Cow call 18 Baked mac and
cheese, for many 20 When an afterlunch meeting might start 22 Blender maker 23 Deux halved 24 Ones paid to play 26 Something that
affects a result 28 Hit pay dirt 33 Issue, as light 34 Memo opening
words
35 Kid’s bear
39 Willy Wonka
portrayer Wilder 40 Doctor’s order? 42 __ avis 43 Leading the
league
45 Plant stem joint 46 Of the mouth 47 “Aladdin” song whose title lyric follows “You ain’t never had a” 50 Social blunders 53 Carded at the
door, briefly 54 Christian sch. in
Tulsa
55 One way to read 59 TV host Gibbons 62 Buried record for future generations 65 OED book, e.g. 66 Newborn’s lack,
usually
67 Big name in
racing
68 With 60-Down, on one’s game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle’s longest answers 69 Analyze, as ore 70 Fills fully
71 “__ Misérables”
DOWN
1 Funny
Bombeck 2 Pirate’s take 3 Clue in the mud 4 Fix dinner? 5 15-Across starts
it
6 Free game
version, maybe 7 Lab greetings 8 Word with square
or cube
9 What opposites
do, it’s said 10 NBA official 11 Dark beer 12 Maine campus
town 13 Consumer
advocate Ralph 19 APR-reducing
loan
21 Bad loan, to an
accountant 25 Cinco y uno 27 Nation within
Oklahoma 28 Utah lily
29 IRS enforcers 30 Silly
31 Test for fit in the
changing room 32 Double-check, as
totals 36 Stunt double, e.g. 37 Wee bit o’
whisky, say 38 Clinton’s alma
mater
41 Prefix with pad 44 Holier-than-thou 48 Puerto Rico, por
ejemplo 49 Loafers
50 “I __ go!”: “Ciao!” 51 Astrological
Ram 52 Running on __:
weary 56 Numbered
work 57 Ensign-in-training
inst.
58 Tidy up a bit 60 See 68-Across 61 Woeful cry 63 LAX calculation 64 “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper