Crossword

ACROSS

1 Specially formed 6 Circle

components 10 Set in stone, say 14 Hiking map line 15 Western wine

region 16 Melancholic 17 *Reasons for

refinancing 20 Top card 21 Iris layer 22 Syst. with a

Buffalo campus 23 *Inconsistent

nutrition plan 26 Spanish bear 29 “Top Gun” org. 30 Iditarod racer 32 Colo. setting 34 Scat legend,

familiarly 37 Crème de la

crème 38 *With 41-Across, “How to Get Away With Murder” Emmy winner 40 “That feels

amazing” 41 *See 38-Across 42 Waits in traffic 43 Support during

exercise 45 Give no stars to 46 Asian noodle

dish 48 One step __ time 50 Govt. aid for the

disabled 51 *Marshall Islands

nuclear test site 57 Arab bigwig 59 Wild speech 60 GM’s Mary Barra,

for one 61 Proposal conditions ... and what the first parts of the answers to starred clues all can have 65 It comes before

one 66 Big name in

beauty products 67 Demi of “A Few

Good Men” 68 Give for a while 69 December

number 70 “None for me,

thanks”

DOWN

1 On the defensive 2 Harsh Athenian

lawmaker 3 “Roots” writer 4 It may be crude 5 Sun blockers 6 A year in

Provence 7 Knock on 8 Busy pro in tax

season 9 Doesn’t go along 10 Steinbeck’s “East

of __” 11 Twins legend who was the first DH to hit a home run 12 Director’s shout 13 Appt. book slots 18 Like a lamb 19 Made faces 24 Juice provider 25 Home of most of Sawtooth National Forest 27 Become

established 28 Some flowery

works 31 Try to hit, as a

mosquito 32 King who turned his daughter into gold 33 Persevere 35 Vision-correcting

surgery 36 Computer

support? 38 Big shots 39 Rubbish holder 44 Contaminate 47 BB shooter 49 Teahouse mat 52 Hot under the

collar 53 Birth-related 54 Former #1 LPGA

golfer Lorena 55 Wolfish stares 56 Veinlike deposits 58 Look after 61 Show with “Weekend Update” skits, initially 62 Tip of a wingtip 63 Pavement

warning 64 Booking agent?

By C.C. Burnikel ©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/28/16