Crossword for Tue, 12/Sep/2023

1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
28
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
32
 
33
 
34
 
35
 
36
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38
 
 
 
 
 
39
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40
 
 
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
42
 
 
 
 
 
43
 
44
 
 
 
 
 
45
 
46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
47
 
 
 
 
 
48
 
 
 
 
 
49
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50
 
 
 
 
 
51
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52
 
53
 
54
 
55
 
56
 
57
 
 
 
58
 
59
 
 
 
 
 
60
 
61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
63
 
64
 
 
 
 
 
65
 
66
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
67
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
71
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Faux follower

4: Spoken

8: Raise crops

12: Pip

13: Word with print or point

14: Brook catch

16: Sesame starter?

17: Musical pitch

18: Sheriff's band

19: Carefree adventures

21: Have a fling?

23: Observed

24: '___ me think about it'

25: Mouse, to an owl

27: Start to mature?

29: Rendered, as a compliment

30: Life story, for short

31: Peak stat

34: Threadlike part

37: Type type

38: Seek favor with

39: Put ammo into

40: Stewing vessel

41: On cloud nine

42: Liable

43: Piece of property

45: Balanced states

47: Soup veggie

48: 'Honor Thy Father' author Talese

49: Browning of pages of verse, for example

50: Came across

51: Dove's domicile

52: Muhammad Ali a.k.a. 'The Louisville ___'

55: Get an eyeful

58: Tiff

60: It's marked with a slash

62: Greets

64: 'Them' insects

66: Chamber music instrument

67: Obsolete repro

68: Blended-family prefix

69: Greed and gluttony

70: Adolescent

71: Soft drink

72: Suffers from

Down
1: Insect stages

2: Tornado siren, e.g.

3: Gone to Davy Jones's locker

4: Many a time

5: Overturned cars, perhaps

6: Get one's goat

7: Brandon, Bruce and Brenda

8: Uploading initials

9: Responded to reveille

10: Thorny flower

11: Ponder

12: Take it easy

15: Half a score

20: Stretch across

22: Gyrate

26: Free

28: Nonsense

29: Goalie's protection

30: Repetitive computer program

31: Knocks for a loop

32: Unaccompanied

33: Little ones

34: Masher's comeuppance, maybe

35: Drink to excess

36: ___-tat

37: Dr. No, to Bond

40: Get nosy

41: Picked up a lap

43: Historical period

44: Scratching post users

45: Barfly

46: Golf ball pegs

49: In an urn, say

50: Free-for-all

51: 'Inferno' division

52: Lips, in Latin

53: 1990 Best Actor Jeremy

54: They're 16th of 26

55: Electrical unit

56: Pony pace

57: Margarita flavoring

59: Quarterback's call

61: Fancy-schmancy

63: George W. Bush, to George H.W. Bush

65: Resort hotel





Solution (Reversed)
M
R
A
F
L
A
R
O
S
A
P
T
U
O
R
T
E
N
I
F
U
L
U
L
E
S
S
O
P
E
N
O
T
N
E
P
O
N
E
E
S
S
S
O
T
S
K
R
A
L
E
R
P
Y
E
R
P
T
E
L
T
L
A
O
I
B
D
I
A
P
O
O
W
T
N
O
F
D
N
A
R
T
S
T
N
E
S
T
O
P
D
A
O
L
S
E
S
A
T
S
E
R
C
A
T
P
A
T
E
O
P
Y
A
G
A
E
P
P
I
L
E
T
O
C
T
E
M
E
R
A
P
S
T
A
P
S
E
L
G
O
E
O
B
O
S
T
N
A
S
L
I
A
H
S
N
I
S
P
E
T
S
O
E
M
I
M
S
A
H
A
D
O
S
N
E
E
T