DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Maze runners 5 Formal decrees 10 Help the chef 14 Driver of Hollywood

15 “American Fiction” actress Tracee __ Ross

16 Stray

17 Sadness that sets in after missing a flight?

19 Jon Arbuckle’s dog

20 F1 neighbor 21 Friction reducer 22 Paint, toddler-style 23 Countries listed on a flight board? 27 Minimally 29 Spring bloom 30 Grilled sausages, for short

31 Out in the open 35 Fun, as a party 36 Jewelry retailer 38 Paddle kin

39 Hit the gym 42 Church donation 44 Tennis Court __: French Revolution event

45 Some patches 47 Rural areas serviced by just one airline?

51 Filmmaker George who won five Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation 52 __-Free: contact lens solution 53 Honor society letter

56 Second son 57 Flight that lasts seven days? 60 Covered

61 Eagle claw 62 Fabled napper 63 Numbers game 64 Mantegna’s “Criminal Minds” role

65 Pod in Creole cuisine

DOWN

1 Took home 2 Midmonth time 3 Do the math 4 CPR expert 5 Opens

6 “Suuure”

7 Like crosswords 8 Twist-__ 9 Saddlebag carrier 10 Potential 11 Wyoming’s state sport

12 S.Pellegrino rival 13 Coevals 18 Misleading handle

22 To-do

24 Clear

25 African river to the Mediterranean 26 Pound sounds 27 Qualified 28 Lucky Charms shelfmate

31 Pour choice 32 Figuratively 33 Four-time Oscar-winning lyricist Sammy 34 Smelter input 36 Tubular pasta 37 Tennis great Arthur

40 Portuguese soccer great who now plays in Saudi Arabia 41 Musical based on Eliot poems 42 Specifically 43 Overnight stop 45 PC problem solvers 46 Corkscrew pasta 47 “Killing Me Softly

With His Song” singer 48 Moscow money 49 __ Spray

50 Foments

54 Münster mister 55 KALLAX shelf seller 57 Viola’s sect.

58 Kung __ shrimp 59 Seuss villager

Across

3 “Live and Let ___” (1973 007 film) (3)

7 The “B” of FBI (6)

8 “From ___with Love” (1963 007 film) (6)

9 James ___ (007 himself) (4) 11 Perilous drops from the sky? (INDIA CAR anagram) (4,4) 12 Weirdo (BOLD LAD anagram) (7)

15 Kind of marble (quartz variety) (5)

17 “You Only Live ___” (1967 007 film) (5)

18 Sean ___ (James Bond portrayer) (7)

22 Once in a ___ (not very often) (4,4)

23 Slugger McGwire or writer Twain (4)

25 Law, to a lawyer (6) 26 Nonchalant syllables (2-2-2) 27 “The ___ Who Loved Me” (1977 007 film) (3)

Down

1 Car (4)

2 South ___, Indiana (4)

3 In a lasting manner (BURY LAD anagram) (7)

4 Bert and ___ (“Sesame Street” pals) (5)

5 Female hormone (8)

6 “Left” in Latin (INSISTER anagram) (8)

9 About the writer (at the end of an op-ed) (3)

10 1998 film “Waking ___ Devine” (3)

13 Get off the Internet (8)