DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Something going to the dogs 5 Chirpy sci-fi critter 10 Joe by another name

14 Welsh actor Roger 15 Domain 16 Kalahari-like 17 Aids for retrieving things

20 Hunted ones in a 2016 craze

21 Rare forecast 22 Teeing off 23 Provider of colt comfort

24 “On the Road” narrator __ Paradise 27 Zippered shelter 28 Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock, for one 31 One might be slipped

32 Some urban pollution

33 Made bad news easier to take 39 Word with box or light

40 Bush hoppers 41 Bond of the ’70s and ’80s 44 Part of CSNY 48 Its returns were never sales: Abbr. 49 Strong lobby for seniors

50 Game with scratching

51 2019 Broadway biomusical

52 Big squeeze 54 Cold shoulder ... and a hint to four circled letters, individually and as a unit 58 Rapper-turnedactor

59 Something one may be dying to hide?

60 Pro foe 61 Smart-alecky 62 Affected

63 Zap

DOWN

1 Axilla, commonly 2 Lost love in “The Raven”

3 Spy, in a way 4 “Pay It Forward” actor Haley

Joel __

5 River in Tuscany

6 Bit of equestrian gear 7 Tic __

8 So last year

9 1998 Masters winner Mark 10 Monopoly corner

11 Parabolic path

12 Contend

13 They pop up too often

18 IM gasp 19 Sábado preceder 23 Emphatic end to a killer performance 24 Lowe’s bagful 25 “And another thing ... ”

26 MGM co-founder 28 Gimlet option

29 One of a Swiss Army knife’s many 30 Blubber 31 Disembark, maybe

33 Aide to millions 34 It could be fishy 35 Cookie fruit 36 __ the mark 37 NBA’s Raptors 38 Groundbreaking invention 42 Watchword 43 Address provider

44 Not odd

45 She turned Arachne into a spider

46 Action film fodder 47 Stymie

50 GPS finding 51 It’s under un beret

52 Risks 53 “Nothing to it!” 54 Attack, to Rover 55 RN workplace 56 Tennis call 57 Rubbish