Crossword
ACROSS
1 Once around the track 4 Orange-nosed Muppet 8 Bump against in a crowd 14 Hospital dept. for the neediest cases 15 Document showing ownership 16 Loose, as shoelaces 17 *Something to “take me out to,” in an old song 19 Hershey’s coconut candy bar 20 “Sounds right to me” 21 Close buddy, in a modern coinage 22 Weight watcher’s plan 23 *The presidency, e.g. 29 Desert refuges 31 Crushing defeat 32 Strip in a window blind 33 Trains like Chicago’s 35 Estate in “Gone With the Wind” 37 George Gershwin’s brother/partner 38 *Unpleasant tidings 42 *Means of locating one from the herd 44 Thrilla in Manila victor 45 Great ___ of China 47 Neither’s partner 48 Where a nuthatch hatches 50 Circle 52 Not watertight 56 *Drama department production 59 Falco with Emmys for two different series 60 “Well, what have we here?!” 61 Flicks that sometimes end in weddings 63 Prohibit 66 “Wow!” ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues 67 Guarantee 68 Fox talent show winner 69 Brian who coined the term “ambient music” 70 Performed some hip-hop 71 Big Board inits. 72 Trifling amount
DOWN
1 Sexual appetite 2 Maine’s national park 3 Rhythmic heartbeats 4 Uptight 5 Dog strap 6 Account of one’s earlier days 7 Keats’s tribute to an urn, e.g. 8 Giant-sized TV, as in a stadium 9 Like a two position electrical switch 10 Fills tightly 11 Its symbol is Sn 12 Was the frontrunner 13 Some mag. workers 18 Triangular sail 24 Comprehended 25 1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress 26 Nastase of 1970s tennis 27 Astronomer Sagan 28 Latin list lopper, in brief 30 Whole lot 34 Gulped down 36 G.I. who’s way off base 38 Prohibits 39 Knighted actor Guinness 40 Bowl or plate 41 Swill for swine 43 Kind of birth with a rear-first delivery 46 Texter’s guffaw 49 Get ready for production, as a factory 51 Satirical work, like “Bored of the Rings” 53 Homes made of sun-dried bricks 54 “Madama Butterfly” dress 55 Response to “Who, me?” 57 Airport for a Bull or a Bear 58 Toys on strings 62 Spy on the inside 63 Boat propeller 64 ___ Today 65 Cough syrup amt. 66 Recycling container