ACROSS

 

1. Part of a fruit that’s thrown away

 

5. French novelist Pierre 

 

9. Winter driving hazard

 

14. Extinct Hawaiian bird

 

15. Islamic ruler

 

16. Word with stand or concrete

 

17. South American tree that can have a girth of up to 50 feet

 

18. Uranus’s mother (and wife!)

 

19. Hint at

 

20. The Phantom of the ______

 

22. Sister

 

23. Orange eggs on sushi

 

24. Part of the eye that Lasik fixes

 

26. Choose

 

28. Genetic strands

 

31. Hazardous and Noxious Substances, Abbr.

 

32. Compass dir. at approximately five o’clock

 

34. More pale

 

36. Transport via helicopter, e.g.

 

39. Small matter?

 

40. 1980s gay anthem… or a literal hint to the circled letters?

 

43. US state nicknamed the “Beehive State”

 

44. Parking lots for planes

 

45. Spanish currency replaced by the euro

 

47. Hot spot?

 

48. Law enforcement grps.

 

51. Texting format: Abbr.

 

52. American med. insurance plans

 

55. Second son of Jacob and Leah

 

57. Play it by ______

 

59. NASCAR stat

 

61. My Fair Lady and Camelot composer Frederick

 

62. Children’s author who wrote “Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”

 

64. Very long time

 

66. Forearm bone

 

67. Michelangelo’s only signed work of art

 

68. Round of applause

 

69. Hide’s partner

 

70. Agreed (with)

 

71. Base times height divided by two, for a triangle

 

72. Makes a mistake

 



DOWN

 

1. Kiss

 

2. Alternative to a pad

 

3. Campfire remnants

 

4. Grieve

 

5. “It costs an 30-down and a ______!”

 

6. Oldest independent state in the Arab world

 

7. Keep occupied

 

8. Tehran native

 

9. Smiles smugly

 

10. Wedding rental

 

11. Pay for overnight shipping, say

 

12. Electric ______

 

13. Take a stab at

 

21. Pantheon of Norse gods

 

25. President Lincoln

 

27. Catches forty winks

 

29. Like many “open” signs

 

30.“It costs an ______ and a 5-down!”

 

33. Director Kazan of A Streetcar Named Desire

 

35. Some Christmas entrées

 

36. Only Black man ever to win the Wimbledon singles title

 

27. Lodge

 

38. Fruits in Newton cookies

 

40. Couple

 

41. Like some ornamented pillows and blankets, American spelling

 

42. Coveted object in Monty Python

 

43. ______ and downs

 

46. ______ the needle

 

48. Kitchen gadget

 

49. “Don’t be such a Debbie ______!”

 

50. Sports shoes, informally

 

53. Largest city in Nebraska

 

54. Piece of asparagus

 

56. Desktop accessory

 

58. Poker buy-in

 

60. Sharpen

 

62. House of Commons figs.

 

63. Three, on a grandfather clock

 

65. Confidentiality contract, in brief

 

 

 

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