Across

1 Overly strict 6 Black-tie affair 10 Playfully make fun of 14 Run away to get hitched 15 Opera solos 16 ___ vera 17 In a state of confusion, as in math class? 20 Maya Angelou, for one 21 Like many toothpaste flavors 22 Tripmeter button 23 “Cheerio!” 25 Sounds before “Black sheep, have you any wool?” 27 Impressionist Degas 30 Low points 33 Summer hours in Calif. 36 You might hit them near traffic lights 38 Spiritual guide 39 ___ mia (Italian term of endearment) 40 Very rapidly, as in a ballet studio? 43 Building extensions 44 Singer Redding 45 Electrical unit 46 Prefix with functional 47 Sources of academic funding 49 Jet or Shark, in sports lingo 50 Afrikaans speaker 51 Muse of history 53 Capital on the Nile 56 Like melted chocolate 59 Nickname for Louise 63 In suspense, as in a tailor shop? 66 It’s hardly any matter at all 67 Harriet’s hubby on old TV 68 Fulfiller of three wishes, in folklore 69 Jar heads? 70 “How’ve you ___?” 71 What mowers mow

Down

1 Untidy pile 2 Vocal range for Adele and Cher 3 Valentine’s Day flower 4 Messy slapstick reactions 5 Put a jinx on 6 Nickname for a mother’s mother, maybe 7 “___ It Fun” (hit song by Paramore) 8 2017 comingof-age film that received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress 9 Wild donkey 10 Wild parties 11 Pub pours 12 Region 13 Citrus shaving 15 ___ Americans (about 6% of the U.S. population) 18 Certain first responder, for short 19 Notable periods 24 Region 26 Island off the coast of Venezuela 27 Receded, as the tide 28 With deadpan delivery 29 Annoys no end 31 Time and time ___ 32 Actress Kirsten of “SpiderMan” 33 Comic strip unit 34 Rapper who co-founded Beats Electronics 35 Weapon that delivers a shock 37 Mushroom’s reproductive cell 39 Modern convenience at many movie theaters 41 Look at the night sky 42 Lead-in to present or potent 47 Mob henchman, maybe 48 Part of an act 50 Parts of hats that are tipped 52 Ingredient in soapmaking 53 What Santa gives naughty children 54 Opposed to 55 Onetime Apple music player 57 11, in France 58 Norse god played in film by Anthony Hopkins 60 Bone that parallels the radius 61 Hawaiian wreaths 62 What a Swiss army knife has lots of 64 Cry uncontrollably 65 Shape of an intellectual’s head, it’s said