THE FRIDAY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Checker piece
5 Memorable gangster actor
9 Soft-spoken comedian of note
14 ---- out?
15 Reed
16 Escape
17 '72 presidential loser and family
19 Amber, or lac, e.g.
20 What push may come to
21 Map book
23 ---- up: seething
24 Ike's command
26 Wagner's meistersinger
28 US painter
32 Pang
36 Aisles: Old English
37 Hivers opposites
40 Matinee favorites
41 Tiny one
42 US playwright
44 A Cole
45 Dwelling
47 Use a spoon, e.g.
48 Balzac's Goriot
49 Run aground
51 Tab grabber
53 Emulates a beaver
56 Fitting
57 Spread out
60 Makes readable
62 Sick of ----: fed up
66 Improve
68 Famous publisher
70 Heroic admiral of Manila Bay
71 Test variety
72 Nest
73 Colorado park
74 Shed tears
75 Back talk
DOWN
1 Novak, et al.
2 Foot segment
3 Dud
4 Kowtows
5 Caviar, e.g.
6 Magician's syllable
7 Type assortments
8 Kind of electric cell
9 US composer
10 Spanish cheer
11 Defeated president
12 Singer Adams
13 Fast period
18 Turn down
22 Play part
25 ---- debt to: be obligated
27 Caesar
28 Second Hebrew letter, et al.
29 British novelist
30 Monkey's cousin
31 Actor Erwin, et al.
33 Musical group
34 Blinding light
35 Chemical compound
38 One of 59 Down
39 Hit, old style
42 Airport actor, and family
43 Irish expletive: var.
46 Cave in
48 US general, et al.
50 Pop
52 Tremendous
54 Lehar's The Merry ----
55 Cubic meter
57 Dim
58 Iowa university site
59 Gingrich or lizard
61 Blow to the wrist
63 Met music
64 British corps.
65 Prominent Virginians
67 Born: Fr.
69 Elev.
