DAILY BRAIN TEASERS
ACROSS
1 Market leader? 7 Bogus
11 Borrow, but not really
14 Mexican state on the Gulf of California
15 Pilates target 16 Half and half 17 Man in 1990s hip-hop fashion? 19 Donkey
20 “Uncut Gems” actor Sandler 21 AirPod locale 22 Loathes 24 “Umbrella” singer, to fans
25 Device that forms the “I” in the Pixar logo
28 The Browns, on sports tickers 29 Annoyance 30 School in a recreational vehicle? 33 Pronoun choice 35 Poker do-overs 36 Scottish cap 39 Dug in
41 Pt. of OED 42 Change one’s locks?
43 One on a shopping spree
45 Lunar New Year 47 Dog in a classic drawing game? 50 When repeated, “Great speech!” 54 “Heavenly!” 55 CBS Sports NFL analyst Tony 56 Hayworth of the silver screen
57 Clear
59 “... and many more,” for short 61 Josh Gad’s “Frozen” voice role 62 Yang partner 63 Elegant hairstyle, and what the circled letters give to 17-, 30-, and 47-Across? 67 L.L. Bean rival 68 __ chain 69 Detritus from the Digital Revolution 70 “Didn’t mean to open that” key 71 Princes, e.g. 72 Instrument near the end of the dictionary
DOWN
1 Seventh note in the A major scale 2 Touring technician 3 Really, really out there
4 Goes all in
5 Sonnet preposition 6 Not so common 7 Hieroglyph critter
8 Snookums
9 Work on a wall
10 Fit well together
11 Huge amount
12 Improper
13 Knotty tangle
18 __
Alto, California
23 Ibuprofen target
26 Swampy spot 27 More than one needs
30 Streaker in the sky 31 Lip 32 Denver-to-Wichita dir.
34 “__ only known ... ” 36 Cookbook meas. 37 Where busy bees buzz
38 Pit crew member 40 Cube creator Rubik
44 Unspecified degrees
46 Try to bean 48 Makes right 49 College military org.
51 “What Was I Made For?” singer Billie 52 One small sip 53 Roof timber 57 “Reader, I married him” governess 58 Flunking grades
60 Bistro awning word 64 Youngster in the Hundred Acre Wood 65 Ages and ages
66 Bi- equivalent