Crossword
ACROSS
1 Incite 5 Modern “methinks” 9 Pink flowers in a van Gogh still life 14 Water-diverting feature 15 Itʼs not optional 16 Brigham Young University city 17 *Bargain on the last day of Oktoberfest? 19 Urdu for “palace” 20 Blunder 21 Barbarian in Danteʼs Seventh Circle 23 Butterfield of “Enderʼs Game” 24 Cartomancy deck 26 *Singer Damone, vis-à-vis actor Morrow? 29 Starfleet school 32 Record holder 33 Ship 34 Accessories for a Red Hat Society lunch 37 Bond and Bourne 38 *Snoopyʼs specialist? 41 Scratching post material 44 Jai __ 45 Its first version was egg-shaped 49 Spotted cat 51 Argentinaʼs “City of Diagonals” 53 *One whoʼll talk your ear off about osso buco and saltimbocca? 56 Norse group that fought the Vanir 57 Hypotheticals 58 Part of AC/DC 61 Minn. neighbor 62 A-listers 65 Basic auto maintenance, and how each answer to a starred clue was created 67 “Whoʼs on First?” catcher 68 Composer Sibelius 69 While away 70 Note next to a red F, maybe
71 __-Navy game 72 Downfall of many kings?
DOWN
1 Old Iberian coins 2 Grind 3 Exceeded, as a budget 4 Agnus __ 5 MIT center?: Abbr. 6 Substantial content 7 Sun: Pref. 8 The “O” in footballʼs OBJ 9 Tach readout 10 60 minuti 11 “Me too” 12 Hard to follow 13 Says “There, there,” say 18 Silver of Five Thirty Eight 22 Spots 25 Eccentric 27 “What __ can I do?” 28 Snake, for one 30 MIT Sloan deg. 31 Class with mats 35 Entirely
36 Authenticating symbol 39 North Carolina university 40 Through 41 Khrushchev and Gorbachev 42 Baffin Bay hazard 43 Coastal region 46 Like some lodges 47 Goose-pimply 48 Price-fixing groups
50 “Chopped” host Allen 52 Way to go 54 Spanish red wine 55 Less rainy, as a climate 59 Oater actor Jack 60 Harlem sch. 63 Bagpiperʼs hat 64 London __: Ferris wheel 66 Letters in an APB