CLUES ACROSS

1. Rope used as a lasso

7. Lomb’s partner

13. North African nation

14. Rounds up cattle

16. Densest naturally occurring element

17. Home of the Brewers

19. Atomic #44

20. Vetches

22. Moved earth with a tool

23. Cavalry sword

25. Supplements with difficulty

26. Encouraged

28. Speech defect

29. Periodical (abbr.)

30. Very cold

31. __ Paulo, city

33. Former OSS

34. Approves food

36. Cars need them

38. Sweden’s dominant phone company

40. Long lock of a woman’s hair

41. North American natives

43. Fly high

44. One type is fire

45. Nocturnal bird

47. More than one male

48. LOTR actor McKellen

51. Employee stock ownership plan

53. Tony-winning actress Daisy

55. Tennis star Kournikova

56. Pulitzer-winning composer

58. The opposite to pro

59. Safecrackers

60. Denotes past

61. Parrots

64. One quintillion bytes (abbr.)

65. Reduce the importance of

67. Stiffly

69. In a sensible way

70. Signs

CLUES DOWN

1. Capital of Zambia

2. Article

3. Country star LeAnn

4. Egyptian goddess

5. Afflict in mind or body

6. Showy but cheap

7. Belgian urban center

8. Short-winged diving seabird

9. Deploys

10. Ballplayers can legally do it

11. Centiliter

12. Contrary beliefs

13. Type of pole

15. Distinguish oneself

18. 8th month of the year (abbr.)

21. One who monitors

24. Petty quarreling

26. Fiddler crabs

27. Touch lightly

30. American state

32. Pro wrestler Randy

35. Indicates spelling mistake

37. Macaws

38. Gradually narrowed

39. Installments

42. Female sheep

43. Politician

46. Servant

47. Said to facilitate concentration

49. California ballplayers

50. Once Toledo’s tallest building

52. A type of pie

54. State of southwestern India

55. Principal member of Norse religion

57. Counterspy

59. Wellness practice

62. __-de-sac: dead end street

63. Used to cook

66. Type of hospital

68. Direct message