CROSSWORD

Across

1 Fancy pillowcase

5 Not as expensive

9 Stats for sluggers

13 Lotto variant

14 Actress Davis played by Susan Sarandon in TV’S “Feud”

15 “Alice’s Restaurant” singer Guthrie 16 *2010 Grammy winner for Best Metal Performance

18 Opinion sampling

19 2,000 pounds

20 French possessive

21 __-Ball: midway game

22 Discreetly, in slang

26 Nag, nag, nag

28 Black-eyed __

29 Electrified particle

31 Without an escort

32 Bygone Honda sports car 33 Impassive type

35 Dry-sounding deodorant brand 38 ICU drips

39 *TV cooking competition hosted by Padma Lakshmi

41 Sch. in Columbus

42 Tiny laugh

44 Bundle of papers

45 Put into service

46 Airline to Tel Aviv

48 Flub it

49 Letter-shaped hardware item 50 Sinuous ski race

52 Gets in the way of

54 H.S. exams

55 Dripping

57 SEAL’S org.

58 Tech news site

59 Paint choice ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally be

64 Longfellow’s “The Bell of __” 65 Standoffish

66 Just sitting around

67 Pear variety

68 Mix, as a salad 69 What Simon does

Down

1 Word before bum or bunny

2 “Tell __ About It”: Billy Joel hit

3 “That’s __-brainer!” 4 Wall calendar pages 5 Welcoming prop on “Hawaii Five-o” 6 Scheduled takeoff hrs. 7 Opposite of cheap 8 Taste and touch, e.g. 9 Nas or Nelly 10 *Started a construction project

11 More green around the gills

12 Shoe bottom

14 Old Western villain 17 “The Simpsons” bartender 22 Footnote ref.

23 __-racking: very stressful 24 *Money-saving investment accounts 25 Belt holders

27 Chief of __: Army leader

30 Wall recess

33 Make off with

34 Sorbonne sweetie

36 Point to debate

37 Collaborative 1993 Sinatra album 40 Half a winter warmer

43 Stretchy 47 Like 1% milk

49 Wimbledon sport

50 __ Domingo: Dominican capital

51 __ Yello: soft drink

53 23rd Greek letter

54 Picket line crosser

56 New Mexico town known for its art scene

60 Lean-__: shacks

61 Wash. neighbor

62 Tricky

63 Guys