Crossword

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