DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Mark that may be covered by a tattoo

5 Craigslist caveat 9 Andalusian poet García __

14 Folk singer Guthrie

15 “The Flintstones” pet

16 Retired NBA great Shaquille 17 *Extremely hostile situation 20 “Farewell”

21 Pixar character 22 Notion

23 __ sequitur 24 Loops in, in a way 26 2019 N.L. MVP Bellinger

28 Blackjack card 29 Broke, as a law 33 *Toyota RAV4 alternative

37 Have bills to pay 38 Mine extractions 39 Wyoming’s Grand

__ National Park 40 Miracle Mets outfielder Tommie 41 Legged it 42 *Offensive in the First Gulf War 44 Sporadically 46 French summer 47 “The Time Machine” race 48 “Dude!” 49 Comm. for the hearing-impaired 52 Toni Morrison title character 54 Cardamominfused tea 57 Winnie-thePooh’s creator

59 *Netflix series about a chess prodigy

62 Come after 63 Perched upon 64 Automaker with a four-ring logo 65 Walk casually 66 Microscope part 67 Marvel Comics mutants, four of whom can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Alabama head football coach Nick

2 Belief system 3 Bold poker play

4 Function 5 Hubbub

6 Uses a sieve 7 Gaga over

8 NYC nabe

9 Soft toss

10 New York lake near Utica

11 “Shall we head out?”

12 12 bottles of wine

13 Utah ski resort

18 New Mexico’s state flower

19 Meet

25 Hockey face-off spot

27 The Grand __ Opry

28 Donkey

29 Casts a ballot 30 Composer Stravinsky 31 Vase-shaped jug 32 Consider to be 33 Seaweed for sushi

34 Tehran’s country 35 Foolish

36 “I __ my case” 40 Had for dinner 42 She & Him, e.g. 43 Leaf pore 45 Memorial tablet 48 Badlands bovine

49 Scrapbook

50 Slyly cutting, as a remark

51 Open the door for 52 Wineglass part 53 “Hmm ... I doubt that” 55 Recover

56 Start the poker pot 58 Big name in theaters?

60 Driver’s turn, for short

61 Driver’s aid, for short