DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Caught wind of 6 Helpless?

10 French friends 14 Get along 15 Rotten to the core

16 Fender flaw

17 Tap options? 19 Disney princess whose gown is adorned with snowflakes

20 “I’m so dumb!” 21 Lessen, as pressure

23 Slumber party wear, for short 25 Poker options? 28 Time-stamp component

30 Like oyster shooters

31 90° from sur 32 Start of many long weekends 35 Academic figure 37 Flower options? 41 German automaker once owned by General Motors 42 Emotional baggage

45 Hawk’s claw

49 __ Speedwagon 51 Upgrade a gravel driveway, say 52 Mouth options? 56 SoCal airport 57 Big citrus 58 Lipstick mishap 60 Luminescence 61 Boxing options? 66 Forearm bone 67 Field of study 68 Huevos rancheros condiment

69 Overly inquisitive

70 Baking amt. 71 Fix, as text

DOWN

1 Scoffer’s laugh 2 Psychoanalysis subject

3 Like one who can really draw a crowd? 4 Audition (for) 5 “Tree of Smoke” novelist Johnson 6 Pie chart slice

7 Ab __: from the beginning

8 Short, for short

9 Of yesteryear

10 “__ Fideles” 11 Wild brawls 12 Slight

13 Rice, in some cuisine

18 “I’m so dumb!” 22 Mortal lover of Aphrodite and Persephone 23 Common email attachment

24 Preserves preserver

26 Imitates a penguin

27 Wowed

29 Part of a 35-Across’s address

33 Lacking a musical key

34 Terrier’s bark

36 “Midsommar” filmmaker

Aster

38 Unhip type

39 Uncanny ability, for short 40 Job for an actor playing identical twins, say 43 “Hadestown” Tony nominee Noblezada

44 Possible reason for an R rating 45 1986 movie partly filmed at San Diego’s Air Station Miramar 46 “The Trials of __”: Rick Riordan series based on Greek myths 47 Small citrus

48 Like freeway ramps 50 “Nice burn!” 53 Greet silently 54 Actress Thurman 55 On edge 59 “Ferrari” actor Driver

62 Scepter top 63 Director Anderson 64 Gp. featured in 45-Down

65 Skosh