Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Tug

5 Grinding away 9 Have because of 14 English horn

cousin

15 Hill by a loch 16 Spacecraft

docked at the ISS 17 *Be silly

19 Joints often

replaced

20 Mag staff 21 12/31, e.g. 22 Exams for aspiring judges, briefly

24 *Loosen up 29 Sponge (up) 30 Student’s hurdle 31 Universal donor’s

type, briefly 32 Recipe word 35 “Like, yesterday!” 37 “Hunan Report”

author

38 *Grand Canyon

traveler

42 Dallas hoopster 43 Sub

44 Broadcast from

NBC’s Studio 8H 45 Score symbol 47 Tuner toggle 49 Previously 52 *Nyctophobic 57 __ Challenge: soft drink promotion 58 Hound 59 Affirmative vote 60 Catherine of

“A Mighty Wind” 62 Shortened version of a pop song ... and a hint to what’s hidden in the answers to starred clues 65 Clear

66 First name in

stunts

67 Put on board 68 Feints on the ice 69 Mends, in a way 70 Wear

DOWN

1 Rustic type 2 Withstands 3 Silently

acknowledges 4 Mauna __ 5 Higher than 6 Most faithful 7 Novelist McEwan 8 2021 Emmy winner for Outstanding Comedy Series 9 Liam’s “Schindler’s List” role

10 Is unacceptable 11 “Full attention

here”

12 Day planner

abbr.

13 Birth units: Abbr. 18 Driver’s role in “Star Wars” sequels 23 Bollywood strings 25 Iridescent gem 26 Block at a pass? 27 Put on

28 Gps. like Partners In Health

33 “How silly of me!” 34 Can’t stand the

idea of

36 Safety __ 38 Whale newborn 39 Have trouble closing the suitcase, maybe

40 Fancy dressers 41 Prince who inspired Dracula

42 Old Elton label 46 Spenser’s “The

__ Queene” 48 57-Across sister

brand, on labels 50 Orientation

“sensor” 51 Bagel Bites

brand

53 Modern checkout

devices

54 Comes down

hard?

55 It may be

massaged 56 “Sons of Anarchy”

actress Sagal 60 Corny, maybe 61 Colorist’s concern 63 Hail, in a hymn 64 Tolkien’s Legolas,

for one