Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Skin growth 5 Learns via word

of mouth

10 Riot spray 14 Camera or eye

part

15 Bates __:

“Psycho” setting 16 Muslim holy man 17 How a boat may

rock

19 Busting agent 20 Ziti or rigatoni 21 How boxers

square off 23 Generous slice 26 Macho

27 How Fred and Ginger sometimes danced

32 “The guy over

there”

33 Stadium attendance counter

34 Sports show

rundown

38 Not fer 40 Assumed name 42 Lotus position

discipline 43 Pulsate

45 Furnish with a

fund

47 Fond du __,

Wisconsin

48 How BFFs

converse 51 Division in a

church

54 Black gemstone 55 How people may

agreeably see 58 Use elbow

grease on

62 Take __ the

waist: alter 63 1984 De Palma film, and a hint to five puzzle answers

66 “__ Talkin’”:

Bee Gees #1 hit 67 Birch relative 68 Cosecant’s

reciprocal

69 Cake decorator 70 Video chat choice 71 Abbr. at the end

of a list

DOWN

1 Thin trail of smoke 2 Mozart’s “Il mio

tesoro,” e.g. 3 Frees (of)

4 Scary African fly 5 Managed care

gp.

6 Camera named for a Greek goddess

7 Going __:

bickering 8 Second effort 9 Place to hide a

metaphorical ace 10 Beethoven’s Ninth is written in one 11 Stradivari’s tutor 12 Christmas song 13 Roast host 18 Conversations 22 Bleacher feature 24 “__ boy!” 25 Water heater 27 Chew the fat 28 Tipsy from wine,

say

29 Kuwaiti ruler 30 “Cry Macho” (2021) star Eastwood

31 Set out for, as a

destination 35 Pepsi, for one 36 Food thickener 37 Agreement 39 One of Nolan

Ryan’s seven 41 “Any day now” 44 Kiss from

Consuela 46 “And your

reason?” 49 One-celled pond

dwellers

50 “The dog ate my homework” is a sad one 51 Conductor

Ozawa 52 Pessimist 53 Throw with

effort

56 Egg yellow 57 Drain swirl 59 Passing words? 60 Arm bone 61 Fishing rod

attachment 64 “You betcha” 65 Dr. of hip-hop