Daily American Crossword

24 April

Across

1 Govern
5 Monumental
9 Felicity
14 __ Bator
15 Deep cut
16 Adoree of silents
17 Utmost
19 "__ is Born"
20 English playwright Joe
21 In the public eye
23 Solipsist's preoccupation
24 Kenya's capital
26 "Marius the Epicurean" author
28 Hindu teacher
30 Ripoffs
33 Prank
36 A bundle
38 Exhaust
39 Brit. award
40 Tooth-shaped
42 Genetic material
43 Trunk
45 Pound sound
46 Muddle
47 Dupe
49 Cotton fabric
51 Seraglio
53 Claws
57 Galley mark
59 Travel permit
61 Right to ownership
62 Doughnut-shaped
64 "__ Tales" (Hawthorne title)
66 Make reparation

67 Poi source
68 Phillips University site
69 Large African antelope
70 Check
71 Contradict

Down

1 Babble
2 Sound beginning
3 "Funny About Love" star Christine
4 Sanction
5 Breakfast staple
6 Unreasonable economy
7 Understanding response
8 Nestling's noise

9 Lingerie item
10 Tenants
11 Meddle
12 Circus barker
13 Bondman
18 Sufficient for a poet
22 Antislavery leader Turner
25 Restrain
27 More than a plop
29 Silicon Valley giant
31 Casks
32 Evian and Vichy
33 Writes hurriedly
34 "__ ben Adhem"
35 Large horse
37 Gem set by itself

40 Live wire, so to speak
41 __ dixit
44 Winter sport
46 Deserved
48 Minister, for short
50 Overdue
52 Paws
54 Best director of 1986 and 1989
55 Beat
56 A Roosevelt
57 Attempt
58 Canine in Oz
60 Quite a hit
63 Corporation boss
65 Dot follower