CROSSWORD FASTEN-ATING

ACROSS

1 Pyromaniac’s crime 6 Fellow 10 Trucker’s compartment 13 Invented, linguistically 15 Olympic swimmer’s assignment 16 Minecart contents 17 Marinara sauce thickener 19 Whopper 20 Exclude 21 Precious stones 22 Doppler ___ (meteorologist’s tool)

24 Word after “press” or “beta” 26 Proves durable 28 Like some ancient languages 29 Begged 31 Gender-neutral possessive 34 “This isn’t my first ___!” 36 Wartime fleet 38 WFA flag-thrower 41 Bureaucratic hurdle

43 Baby shark 44 Cropped up 46 Industry giant 48 Mighty wind 49 “The Far Side” lab assistant

51 Link on a Yelp page 54 Molten rock 56 Trip to the bottom 59 Homes for Gila woodpeckers 61 Cutting remark 63 Singer Nash 64 Avian friend of Pooh

65 It may be revealed by a crop top 68 Luau memento 69 Largest fencing sword

70 Sword accompaniment 71 Chef’s amt. 72 Bratty comebacks 73 Puts in the mail

DOWN

1 Either performer in a two-hander 2 ___ together (shared a dorm suite, say) 3 “Clean as a whistle,” e.g. 4 Killing it 5 Defense against mosquitoes 6 New England chowder mollusk 7 Big inconvenience 8 Colony member 9 Fellow classmates, e.g. 10 Spell of chilly weather 11 Operatic solo 12 Sudsy brew 14 Many service animals 18 Caught sight of

23 Small unit of matter studied by Lise Meitner 25 Love to bits 27 Adjust to new conditions 30 Powerball, for one 32 Professor’s URL ending 33 Gullible one 35 Cowboy’s material, often 37 Packs of paper

38 Joplin piece 39 Timeline segment 40 Movie excerpt 42 Hang on a clothesline 45 Theater selection

47 Avril Lavigne accessory circa 2002 50 “Anne of Green ___” 52 Tidy up 53 Countless 55 Cutting remarks

57 Abates 58 Looks after 59 Young male horse 60 Leaves wonderstruck 62 Sudsy brews 66 Acid Rain Program org. 67 Pause fillers

© Andrews McMeel