QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Amble along

6 “I don’t get it”

9 Secret agent 12 Wonderland cake invitation that Alice accepted

13 Nevada gambling town near Carson City 14 Pool stick

15 Emmy category 16 Merry-go-rounds 18 Floral wreath 20 Washer cycle

21 “Fee, __, foe, fum” 23 DEA agent

24 Feels the same 25 “Ella Enchanted” star Hathaway

27 Car or truck

29 South American grasslands

31 Facts and figures 32 Thumb drive port 35 Humped beast 36 Buffet table coffee server

37 Overly sentimental 39 Be in debt

40 Prom partner 42 Fireplace receptacle 43 Enters using a keyboard

45 In this location

46 Girl who lost her sheep

49 Shoveler’s target 51 Hi-__ monitor 52 Hearing-related 53 Language of Helsinki 55 Some horses on a stud farm

57 Lab containers 60 One of 88 on a piano 61 Vaping pen, informally

62 Orange Muppet in a striped shirt 63 Fourth-yr. students 64 Part of the fam 65 Move like a crab

DOWN

1 Pre-__: college track for a future doctor 2 White-water rafting need

3 *Performer’s pseudonym

4 Corrin who plays Diana in “The Crown” 5 Pine (for)

6 Bunch of buffalo

7 __, dos, tres 8 *Flippable timekeeper 9 Public tantrum 10 Heart rate 11 Acceptances 13 *Creamy dip for vegetables

16 __ package 17 Thoroughbred’s father

19 Loos

21 Edie of “The Sopranos”

22 Kin by marriage 24 Play a role

26 WSW opposite 28 “Atonement” novelist McEwan

30 *Dog in a Disney tear-jerker 32 Advantageous position, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has

33 Steeple topper 34 Memory units

36 SLC athlete 38 Contented sigh 41 Google Play download

42 Unknown author, for short

43 Bluish green

44 Cozy stopovers 46 Savors the sun

47 On the periphery 48 Seeks divine guidance

50 Some ring bearers 53 Wrap for leftovers

54 Apple’s digital assistant

56 Apply a bag of peas to, maybe 58 “Eternal Atake” rapper __ Uzi Vert

59 “O say can you __ ... ” newcomer (7)

22 Biblical symbol of decency (3,4)

23 Foolish (5)

24 Word with alligator (5) 25 Possible result of vitamin A deficiency (7)

Down

1 Tidy the loose ends (3,2)

2 US humorist Ring (7) 3 Type of column (5) 4 Vacationing tent dweller (6)

5 Creative work gotten from a folder? (7)

6 Party of Peres, Rabin and Ben- Gurion (5) 7 Lower in rank (7)

12 On purpose (7)

13 Not well explained (7) 15 They emit light and radio waves (7)

16 Trick or beat with smarts (6)

18 Might makes it? (5) 20 Winter outdoor sportsman (5)

21 Maple and cedar, e.g. (5)