Today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Little __ Muffet 5 Roger Bannister,

famously 10 Speaker in

Cooperstown 14 Elvis or CocaCola

15 “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken 16 Whisper 17 Interstate hauler 18 Ad prizes 19 Dramatic opener 20 Adagio and

allegro

22 Leave the city to

evade arrest 24 Like some tanks 27 Where the old

woman lived 28 Permits to enter 30 Title of respect 31 Exec, slangily 33 Schoolmarmish 35 List to-dos 39 Intense anger 40 It has just one

64-Down 42 Shapiro of NPR 43 Delivery, as of a

baby

45 Inter __

46 Recipe word 47 Relieved (of) 49 Comes to light 51 Secret fraternity

member

55 Party or wild

follower

57 Bit of

encouragement 59 Vinyl-covered, as

a floor 61 Worldwide: Abbr. 62 Absinthe flavor 65 Half a round on

the links

66 Ohio’s lake 67 R&B family name 68 Budget sister

company

69 Runs out of juice 70 “It’s true!” 71 Guido of Baroque

art fame

DOWN

1 Light fog 2 Relatives of

Slurpees 3 Server with a

blush? 4 Piece of prose

5 A hot one can be

problematic

6 Laid up

7 Island necklaces 8 Long, thin soup

mushroom 9 Viscous plant

substances 10 “Bingo!” 11 Japanese electronics company

12 Cut down the

middle 13 “Goosebumps”

series author 21 Gomez’s furry

cousin

23 French capital 25 Road trip game 26 Approximately 29 Nabisco brand

name

31 Jem, to Scout

Finch

32 Psychic Geller 34 Ballerina Shearer 36 Completely

dominates 37 Med. injury

detector

38 Title for two

Beatles

40 The good dishes 41 Discomfort cause 44 Makes four into

twelve, say 46 Advanced course

offering

48 Hold for questions 50 Take care of a

kitty

51 Went down a

slippery slope 52 Matisse of the art

world

53 Knot again 54 Old-time laundry

soap brand 56 Red Square figure 58 Place for singles 60 He loved Lucille 63 Cinque e uno 64 Watcher ... and homophone of a letter that appears exactly once in every clue and all but two answers