CROSSWORD

FILL-IN STATION

ACROSS 1 Heredity carriers 6 ___ de menthe 11 Any of the “noble” elements 14 Hacienda brick 15 Fictional stor yteller Uncle ___ 16 “___ you nuts?” 17 Waste disposal site 19 Fudge the facts 20 Hoi polloi, with “the” 21 Hot under the collar 23 Not fooled by 25 Cuts at an angle 26 “Get lost!” 30 Ninth-inning hurler, often 32 Rah-rah 33 Giants of myth 35 Veer off course 38 Zellweger of “Cinderella Man” 40 Space filled at 17- and 62-Across and 11- and 28-Down 41 Autumn shade 43 Gerund suffix 44 Isn’t miserly 47 Sponge opening 48 Hired date 50 Large Atlantic game fish 52 Beyond belief 54 For men only 56 Luckless sort 57 Clears away 61 Weigh station unit 62 Gibson or Fender holder-upper 67 “Messenger” molecule 68 Felix’s sloppy friend 69 Honeymoon lodgings 70 Nile snake 71 Goes on the road 72 Word before child or circle

DOWN 1 Joke shop buy 2 Wax-coated cheese 3 Nick’s “The Thin Man” wife 4 Flows back 5 Add flavor to 6 Blue jay’s topper 7 Visibly sunburned 8 Grounded Aussie avian 9 Tight-lipped 10 Barista’s beverage 11 Tour an artsy neighborhood, say 12 Disney’s Little Mermaid 13 Gardener’s bagful 18 “The Balcony” playwright Jean 22 “___ had it!” 24 Many pizza slices, mathematically 25 Rock band ___ Jovi 26 Italian port on the Adriatic 27 Neck-and-neck 28 Brittle cookie 29 “___ to a Nightingale” 31 “Dragnet” org. 34 Disney CEO Robert 36 Prefix with dynamics 37 Small songbird 39 Mollusk on pricey menus 42 EMT’s skill 45 D.C. figure 46 Fab Four drummer 49 Match, as a bet 51 Tennis great Andre 52 To-the-max prefix 53 Lunchtimes for many 55 What onion peelers shed 58 Zap with a Taser 59 Emerald Isle 60 Fill to the gills 63 G.I. entertainers 64 Post-op locale, often 65 Cigarette gunk 66 ___ capita income