Crossword

ACROSS

1 Wound a

matador 5 Family men 9 Faux pas 14 Yarn spinner 15 Project starter 16 Yogurt choice 17 Palo —, Calif. 18 Nonpartisanship

20 Tinting

22 Deep water 23 “Born Free”

lioness 24 Cows’

mouthfuls 26 Layered

haircut 28 Forceful

emergence 32 Channel 36 Naughty 37 Drew to a

close 39 Europe’s

longest river 40 Prefix for one

billion

42 Stood wide

open 44 Window part 45 PC owners 47 Dressed

to the — 49 Opposite of

cheer

50 One inside

another 52 Math topic 54 Thing 56 Calf-length 57 Rocker — Jett 60 Energy source 62 Bank, often 66 Obstacle 69 Strong, as

venison 70 Roundup need 71 Landing place 72 Funny

Bombeck 73 Curly lock 74 Wow with wit 75 Ollie’s partner

DOWN

1 Feeling

pleasure

2 Too smooth 3 Hourly fee 4 Beethoven’s

Third

5 Peal of a bell

(hyph.)

6 Fruit drink

7 — ex machina 8 Overfeeds 9 Student stat 10 Lively tempos 11 Stop working 12 By — and

starts

13 Gaelic pop star 19 Gridiron

shouts

21 Cook in the

microwave 25 Khartoum’s land 27 Off-road

vehicle 28 Air rifle

(2 wds.) 29 Elevate 30 Beats by a hair 31 Barely warm 33 Cover story 34 Dome home 35 Prey grabber 38 Durable

fabric 41 Showily

aesthetic 43 Mischief (var.) 46 Harden 48 Fries, maybe 51 Hubby of Lucy 53 Scorches 55 Childhood malady 57 Spurn 58 Bradley or Sharif 59 Vaulted recess 61 Sedaka or Simon 63 Tapered seam 64 — Thompson of films 65 Meg or Nolan 67 — and don’ts 68 Teachers’ org.