ACROSS CROSSWORDS

1 Half a situp

7 Commercial tune

13 “A Wrinkle in Time” novelist Madeleine

14 Timekeepers that don’t work on a rainy day

16 How baked potatoes may be cooked

17 Remove, as a seatbelt 18 Gina Boswell of Bath & Body Works, e.g.: Abbr. 19 Sequel to Puzo’s “The Last Don”

21 “Mean Girls” writer Fey 22 Underwater plant with gasfilled bladders

24 Wayward

26 Time out?

27 Playground retort

29 Quirky habit

31 Cliche

33 French noble 35 Comprehend

39 Eurythmics lead singer Lennox

40 Go from 4x6 to 8x10, say: Abbr.

41 Totaled

42 Busy restaurant’s notification device 43 JFK predecessor

44 Like some purchases 45 “The __ is calm tonight”: “Dover Beach” opening 47 Mouths off to

49 Amtrak stop: Abbr. 52 Silky

54 Guidelines: Abbr. 57 Ultimate

59 Creative works

61 Goal

62 Are cast members of 64 Yukon neighbor

66 Prop for a rock singer 67 Watering hole in TV’s “M*A*S*H”

68 Unnerve

69 1984 mermaid movie

DOWN

1 Hit it off

2 Zellweger of “Judy” 3 Developing

4 CARE, e.g.

5 Sister of Erato

6 Knight cap

7 Ruling faction after a coup 8 Baby

9 Contract that may prevent bad PR

10 Crux

11 Ancestor of the romance languages

12 Justice Kagan 14 Audiophile’s setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle

15 Button alternative

20 Ate away

23 Feels sorry for

25 Fertile Crescent river 28 Some combines

30 Origami birds

31 Stout spout

32 Messenger molecule 34 Soccer equipment 36 Youngest daughter of Nicholas II

37 Valvoline rival

38 Dad

46 Unscrupulous 48 Woolgathers?

49 Poetry event

50 Piglike rhino kin

51 Pet re-homing org. 53 Provide a view

55 Sea walls

56 Huge success

58 Assessment that may end with “Pencils down” 60 Unappealing food

63 NFL passing stat 65 Communication syst. with hand motions