Crossword

ACROSS

1 Oranges’ white parts 6 “Later!”

10 NYSE banner events 14 Often-sauteed vegetable 15 Sch. near Santa Monica 16 Like many old recordings 17 (b)arber’s obstacle? 19 12-point type 20 Texter’s “then again” 21 Pollen holders

22 San Francisco NFLer, informally

23 Sports channel that shows college games

25 N.Y. minutes, in the winter 26 Water balloon sound 29 (W)eak part of Achilles? 34 Got ready to play, as a CD track

36 Blows it

37 Soft & ___

38 Subject with many projects 39 Title for Santa’s wife 41 Madam’s counterpart 42 Cheerios grain

43 Say mean things about 44 Uninteresting sort 46 Examine closely 48 (p)low puller?

50 Fast finisher?

51 “Told ya!”

52 St. ___ Girl beer 55 Tablelands

57 It becomes another sports venue if its last letter is changed to “g”

58 Pipe problem 62 Sonata, e.g. 63 (S)inger/instrumentalist John who co-founded the Velvet Underground? 65 Charades player, essentially 66 Long, long time 67 Hardly ruddy 68 Breezed through 69 Numero uno 70 Districts

DOWN

1 Sport with mallets

2 Still contending 3 Jackson 5 guitarist 4 Volatile type 5 “Celebrity Jeopardy!” show, briefly

6 Sandwich type with ham and roasted pork 7 “Straight Outta Compton” role

8 “Poor me!”

9 Crew stick 10 Mischievous 11 Highlighted with a comment?

12 First cousin ___ removed 13 Fly high

18 Sixth sense, for short 22 Outdated format for current events

24 Trips

26 A lot

27 Jewish festival also called “Feast of Lots” 28 “Hypothetically ...”

30 Apr. addressee

31 Film crew member 32 Clear, as a whiteboard 33 Carafe size, perhaps

35 Play thing?

40 Full show letters 45 Runs out 47 Vehicle on a track 49 Rented 53 Adolescent anxiety 54 Island strings, briefly 55 NYC cultural center 56 Colossal

57 Anger 59 Alleviate 60 Opposite of baja 61 Custodian’s collection 63 Pipette’s place 64 Health resort