Crossword
By Jerry Edelstein
ACROSS
1 Baghdad is its capital
5 Really slow parties
10 Bloke
14 Hindu spiritual adviser
15 Latin for “gold”
16 British nobleman below a marquess
17 Rifle range rounds
18 Failure to exercise appropriate care
20 Nicholas II was the last one
22 Nod up and
down
25 Enjoy the
slopes
26 Nav. rank
27 Bath
bathroom
28 “To make a __
story short ...” 32 Jessica with two Oscars and three Emmys 34 Hopping western
rodents
38 Jai __
39 Formal “Door’s
open”
40 Green Hornet’s
sidekick 44 Meteor
47 Glide on a
rink
50 Soon, in
Shakespeare 51 Well output 52 Tic-__-toe
53 __ Lingus
56 Submit a résumé (for), as a job
58 Tasks in music, painting, etc.
63 Like hastily made plans
64 Berra or a bear
68 Dip __ in: test the water
69 Meeting leader
70 Enjoy, as gum
71 Well-mannered man
72 Works at, as a bar
73 __ sapiens
DOWN
1 Supermarket initials
2 Mojito liquor
3 Chair’s elbow rest
4 Repeat exactly
5 Scully on “The X-Files”
6 Regretful sort
7 2012 Affleck film that won Best Picture
8 Large bodies of water
9 Smug grin
10 Chicken cacciatore quintet
11 “Dear Evan __”: 2015 musical
12 Curving, like the sun crossing the sky
13 Polite request starter
19 What a plea deal concedes
21 Ward of “House”
22 __-Seltzer
23 Objective
24 Barrett of gossip
29 Creme-filled cookie
30 It’s forbidden
31 Have to, in slang
33 Questions
35 Main point
36 Horse rider’s strap
37 Florence’s river
41 Where division leaders sit, vis-à-vis the standings
42 What a dog wags
43 Paris airport
45 Jalopies
46 Tiny biting insect
47 WWII prison camp
48 Self-defense technique
49 Responds to, as a tip
54 Build
55 Tamiflu producer
57 “Fooled you!”
59 Editor’s “keep it”
60 Folk singer Baez
61 Oklahoma city
62 Some USN officers
65 “I get it now!”
66 Diamond, for one
67 __ Jima
PUZZLES & FUNNIES
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