Mildly Tricky 83
ACROSS
1. Inhabitants: Suffix
5. “The Thin Man” dog
9. Expert
14. Taboo
15. Lowlife
16. Pulitzer-winning biography of a Civil War general
17. Belgian composer Jacques
18. Leaf
19. Opera about an opera singer
20. Sanford of “The Jeffersons”
22. Campers, for short
24. Ballpark fig.
25. Gives a hoot
27. Popeye's Olive ___
29. “Good buddies”
31. Duty
33. “Okay, Aunt Bee,” Opie-style
37. Before: prefix
38. More modern
40. Instant
41. Wonderland cake message
43. Samovar, e.g.
44. Daughter of Lear
45. Toys with tails
46. It doesn't hold water
48. “___ Pinafore”
49. Historic Hungarian city
50. High-speed Internet inits.
51. Sends forth
53. TV adjunct
55. Big name in stationery
57. “Good” cholesterol, briefly
60. Center
62. Chew out
65. Kind of board
67. At a distance
69. Computer units
71. Big buttes
72. Spanish house
73. ___ to one's ears
74. Missouri river
75. “Blazing Saddles” Oscar nominee Madeline
76. End-of-week cry
DOWN
1. Bach's “Mass ___ Minor”
2. Actress Spelling
3. Chemical endings
4. Comfort
5. Slander
6. Bathroom item
7. Yank
8. New World abbr.
9. Like craft shows
10. ___ volente (God willing)
11. “If all ___ fails …”
12. Chest muscles, briefly
13. Suckling spot
21. Noble partner
23. ___ populi
26. Germ-free
28. Greek harp
29. Diet guru Jenny
30. Midler of “The Rose”
32. “Rule, Britannia” composer
34. Black billiard ball
35. Rip-offs
36. Kind of room
37. Yappy dog, briefly
39. Milquetoast
40. Seismograph pickup
42. Griffin of game shows
47. Experienced
50. Actress Joanne
52. “Not right now”
54. Go after
56. Disconcert
57. ___ sapiens
58. Membership fees
59. Actress Bonet
61. Support
63. Triangle tone
64. Needle case
66. Binge
68. LAX watchdog
70. Tanning lotion letters
Solution

