Today’s crossword

ACROSS

1 Whack with a folded newspaper, say 5 Nile serpents 9 Kama __ 14 Number of Greek

Muses

15 Owl’s call 16 Fireplace glower 17 Teatime 20 Contraption 21 The Stooges, e.g. 22 Shailene’s

“Divergent” role 23 Track on a DVD 25 What might be granted after begging one’s pardon? 27 Triangular sail 30 Soft mineral 32 Secret advantage

“up one’s sleeve” 33 Twistable cookie 35 Singer Anthony 37 Common sprain

site

41 Tee time

44 Big glitch 45 Captain Hook’s

right hand

46 For experts, as a

game

47 __-cone 49 “Doubtful” 51 Certain sib 52 Lustrous sheet

fabrics

56 Treble __: music

symbol

58 Turkish military

leader 59 Bachelor ending 61 Wake up 65 T-time

68 Fable writer 69 Take for a __:

scam

70 Musical pitch 71 Minuscule 72 Prince William’s

school

73 Auto pioneer

Ransom __

DOWN

1 Surprise problem 2 Coffeehouse

amenity

3 1998 film with

talking bugz? 4 Swarms 5 Wheat bristle 6 Pony in a bar 7 Destitute

8 Justice Sotomayor who swore in Vice President Harris 9 “What did I tell

you?”

10 Latest in an endless series of occurrences 11 Some ski lifts 12 Convene again 13 Like craft shows 18 Tooth anchor 19 Capital of Italia 24 “__ it”: “Whatever

you want” 26 Sweet Sixteen

org.

27 Runs leisurely 28 Steel, mostly 29 “Romanian Folk Dances” composer Bartók 31 Espresso topper 34 Winter at the Jersey Shore, say

36 Increase in

loudness 38 Korean exports 39 “Queen of QVC”

Greiner

40 What means

may justify 42 Mystical old letter 43 Bride’s face

cover

48 Harry Styles’

band, to fans 50 Dread

52 1978 Peace co-Nobelist Anwar 53 Concur

54 The ones here 55 Mall unit 57 Corn chip 60 Silly goose 62 Cher or Adele,

e.g.

63 Beach cover 64 A mantis has five of them 66 Secret agent 67 Swampy area