ACROSS

1 Dateless
5 Boeing that never took off, for short
8 Bread, for one
14 Give up
16 A close call?
17 Spice Islands cuisine
18 Straying
19 New old-fashioned
20 “Yikes!”
21 Hot stuff
24 Chip away at
26 Chess piece
29 Slide show
31 Sticky notes
33 Pointer fingers?
34 One with a wool coat
37 It’s a thought
38 Split the difference … with a hint to four squares in this puzzle
42 Utah town
44 Branded cow?
45 Musical ability
48 First first lady Bush
51 Spain, in Spain
53 Biblical boat
54 Acknowledge silently
57 In the world
58 Hullabaloo
59 Between: Fr.
61 Crime family name
64 Mare’s mate
68 Pulled strings?
69 House keeper?
70 Outer thigh issue, familiarly
71 H.S. courses for college credit
72 Offshore

DOWN

1 ____ Lanka
2 × 5
3 Plus
4 Went downhill
5 Bad mood
6 Alarm
7 Lowish voice
8 Provider of limited coverage?
9 N.B.A. long shots
10 On the job
11 COVID spot?
12 Spy novelist Deighton
13 No. after a no.
15 Fit for service
21 Maple syrup source
22 Reddit Q&A
23 D, for one
25 Crown jewels
26 End of Q2
27 Put away
28 U.S. intelligence org.
30 PC key
32 Madre’s hermana
35 Froward
36 ____ de mer
39 Go out
40 “Bah!”
41 HBO sci-fi Western
42 Entrepreneur’s deg.
43 Crew’s control?
46 Hill worker
47 Rallying cry?
49 Like 34-Across
50 Apple’s Germanic core, for one?
52 Saffron-flavored dish
55 Electric car maker
56 Like draft beers
58 Utah town
60 Sunbathes
61 Movie f/x
62 Passé
63 It’s often short
65 Siri runs on it
66 Homophone of 43-Down
67 Confidentiality initials