Crossword

ACROSS

1 Olive stones

5 Canoe or kayak 9 Beyond bad

14 Spoken

15 Italian coins before euros 16 Dealership offer 17 Couple of store events? 19 Hit the thumbs-up button 20 Large bags

21 Dressed 23 Frontiersman Carson 24 Ref. with 20 volumes 25 Mall binge

28 Couple of mooring platforms?

34 Small pieces of criminal evidence 35 Improved in a barrel 36 Vodka order

37 Word after “loose” or “tight”

38 “... went to town/A-riding on ___”

39 Period of history 40 Adam’s apple location? 42 Fourth-down play, often 43 Very steep

45 Couple of brawls? 47 Spanish small plates 48 Carole King’s “It’s ___ Late” 49 Farm enclosure

50 Given the cold shoulder 54 Light beer

57 Setting the table, for one 58 Couple of thin coins? 61 Passport endorsements 62 ___ Man (red-and-gold Marvel hero) 63 Singer/activist Simone 64 Refine, as ore

65 Abe Lincoln’s coin 66 Sprout up

DOWN

1 Soda, to some

2 SEP and SIMPLE plans 3 Reid of “Sharknado” 4 Lazy worker 5 Dynamite explosion

6 It’s crude at first 7 Word before “code” or “rug”

8 Obstacle for a new driver? 9 Fighting together 10 Oddballs 11 Counterfeit

12 Not new

13 Was first on a trail 18 They’re usually blue on a clear day 22 Sycophant

25 Woolly animals 26 Cuddly-looking Chinese beast

27 Contract add-on

28 ___ New Guinea 29 Ecstasy’s counterpart 30 Landlords’ fees 31 Hatchling’s call 32 South ___ (2018 Winter Olympics country) 33 Famous performers 38 Garment with strings 41 Makeup-free

43 Lieu

44 On a clothesline, say 46 Black-cake filling? 49 Seed, one day

50 Leveling wedge

51 Sit for a portrait 52 Large-scale film 53 “Double-dog” challenge 55 Middle Eastern ruler 56 Nevada casino city

57 Big pharmacy chain 59 Weasley in “Harry Potter” books

60 Observed