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DAILY THEME
ACROSS1 Laugh or cry on stage, say
6 Bowie with the 1967 single "The Laughing Gnome"
11 The Orioles, on scoreboards
14 Playwright Neil who wrote "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"
15 Laughable
16 Suffix with script or strict
17 Part of a drum kit
18 Psychology pioneer Alfred
19 Railroad stop: Abbr.
20 Show that might make you laugh or cry
22 "_____ Laughing" (1967 movie directed by Carl Reiner)
24 "___-haw!" (cowboy's cry)
25 2012 Ben Affleck thriller
27 "The buck stops here" monogram
30 "J'Accuse" author Zola
32 Pinball flub
36 Source of tears from laughter
37 Rowan of "Laugh-In"
38 Mediterranean or Baltic
39 Jay who said "You can't stay mad at someone who makes you laugh"
40 Eastwood of Dirty Harry movies
42 Source of many 1950s-'60s late-night laughs
43 "Laugh ___ the world laughs with you ..."
44 Unlikely tic-tac-toe win
45 Roof overhang
46 "He who laughs ____, laughs best"
48 Like much "Laugh-In" humor
51 Score 100 on
52 "Once ____ a time ..."
54 Laugh syllables from Santa
56 "Love laughs at locksmiths," for one
59 Dustin Hoffman movie that's #2 on the A.F.I.'s "100 Years ... 100 Laughs" list
63 "What's up, ___?"
64 President who appeared on "Laugh-In"
67 Generic dog's name
69 Bug in a hobby farm
70 "_____'s Laughing Song" ("Die Fliedermaus" number)
71 Kagan of the Supreme Court
72 Range units: Abbr.
73 Parliament's House of _____
74 Oater group
DOWN1 Snaky shape
2 "____ your manners!"
3 Gen. Bradley
4 When tripled, a 1970 war movie
5 Opposing force
6 Royal headgear
7 Pop artist Warhol
8 Kilmer who played Batman
9 Suffix with elephant or serpent
10 Easing of restrictions, for short
11 ____ out laughing (crack up)
12 Johnson of "Laugh-In"
13 "Laughable Lyrics" poet Edward
21 Extra-wide, on a shoebox
23 "This is ___ a laughing matter!"
25 Sues of "Laugh-In"
26 Patronize Hertz or Avis
27 "Laughing" carnivore
28 E-mails, say
29 General on Chinese menus
31 "No laughing matter," for one
33 Name that is a transliteration of the Hebrew term for "he laughs"
34 "_____ 'Em Laughing" (1928 Laurel and Hardy movie)
35 Scale amount
36 Airline with a Star of David logo
40 "Only When I Laugh" actor James
41 "A ____ seldom comes laughing home" (old proverb)
42 "I Got a ___" (children's song with the lyric "Why is everyone laughing at me?")
47 Harbor boat
49 Calls up
50 "___-hoo!"
53 Punishment-related
55 Throat ailment
56 Sandler with the debut album "They're All Gonna Laugh at You!"
57 "____ make me laugh!"
58 Plays a role
59 Was a snitch
60 Han ____ who said "Laugh it up, fuzzball!"
61 Burl who sang "Funny Way of Laughing"
62 Nightfalls, in verse
65 Altar promise
66 Gen-___ (boomer's kid)
68 "Norma ___" (Sally Field movie)
Crossword Puzzle: World Laughter Day was written by Fred Piscop.
The New York Times released Crossword Puzzle: World Laughter Day on Sun May 01 2016.