DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Surge of adrenaline 5 Regent’s order 10 Mil. branch with wings

14 Tactical political research, for short 15 Birthplace of pesto

16 Issue at the ATM 17 *Critical juncture 20 [New paragraph] 21 “Handling that now!”

22 Take to the sky 25 Friend __ friend 26 Midnight to midnight

27 *Record

32 Not just some 33 Kitchen scale button

34 Frangipani garlands

36 Water taxi 38 Longtime “One Life to Live” actress Renée __ Goldsberry 40 Red sign above a door

42 Mantis quintet 44 Literary magazine contributor, perhaps 45 Status update fig. 46 *Online discussion site

50 Fellow

52 Tres menos dos 53 As appropriate 54 Garden container?

56 Isaac of “Dune” 60 Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues 65 Show up

66 Record company 67 God who took a bow

68 Half of all blackjacks

69 Did half of a biathlon

70 “Seasons of Love” musical

DOWN

1 Tire swing line 2 Right after

3 Doner kebab rod 4 “No fooling!” 5 Boosting target 6 Dict. entry

7 Airbnb alternative 8 Soft murmur 9 Trade hindrance 10 Biblical preposition

11 Audio engineer’s equipment

12 Heart duo 13 Rihanna’s fashion brand

18 Slangy britches 19 “Inbox zero” killer 23 Collezione della galleria

24 Expert

25 Top rank in a tournament

27 __ franc

28 Plant with lace and soap varieties 29 Qualifying contest, perhaps 30 Star-studded hunter

31 Name sewn onto some jeans pockets 35 In __: unmoved 37 Number of Canadian provinces 39 Caesar’s rebuke 41 Edinburgh topper 43 Wounded by a jellyfish

47 Marx collaborator 48 __ de Mayo: Christmas orchid

49 Raw bar offering 50 Muslim holy site 51 __ committee 55 Spanish model

Sastre

57 Medical research objective

58 Quote book abbr. 59 Have a nap 61 Tree on the Connecticut quarter 62 CBS crime drama

63 Service charge 64 Played out