DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 The hundred target, in Pilates 4 Wander (about) 7 Bloke

10 “The Search for General __”: food documentary

13 Goal material 14 Pose

15 Tussle over a 58-Down entry 17 Avenger in armor 19 Foot fashion 20 “Just decide!” 22 Stuck in one’s craw

23 Sales channel 24 Pokémon that evolves into Kadabra 26 For fear that 27 Rte. finder 29 Around the clock worker?

30 Remedy known as “having a counter-beer” in German 35 Surfaces, e.g. 38 “So that’s __?” 39 Styled like 40 Paramount+ partner, briefly

41 In great shape 45 “That’s valid” 46 With 9-Down, traveling employee’s allowance

47 Body part with cinco dedos 51 Cautionary __ 52 Landmark civil rights law acronym 54 Try to buy from Ebay

55 Friend’s invitation before a party, or a TikTok genre that shows off the starts of 20-, 30-, and 41-Across

59 Prep roses for “The Bachelor,” say 60 Spot far from the nosebleeds

61 Tums, e.g. 62 Scrape (out) 63 Like much omakase

64 Benefit that may be rolled over: Abbr. 65 Peele’s partner 66 Sloth in “Ice Age” 67 Genre with intense lyrics DOWN

1 Cracker shape 2 Scold

3 Tends a fire 4 Spectrum

5 “Now!” letters

6 Be Delicious perfume co.

7 “We’ll take it from here”

8 Add sparkle, say 9 See 46-Across 10 Places to sleep tight?

11 “Killing Eve” star

12 Agcy.

16 Prior- ity system

18 Not o’er

21 Très

25 Best Picture winner set in Iran

27 Torres of “9-11: Lone

Star”

28 TA overseer

31 Wall clock inserts 32 Taper

33 “In short” initialism

34 “2001” supercomputer

35 “As if!”

36 Role in many a spy thriller

37 120mm Louboutin feature

42 “Queen of Soul” Franklin

43 Tipping point on a counter? 44 Puts off

48 Hold fast (to) 49 “Nuh-uh!” 50 Punch recipe? 52 Bird of prey’s nest 53 Hunky-dory 54 Ostrich or emu 56 Giant diamond 57 First name in haute couture 58 Collaborative site

59 “The Sacred Art of Giving __”: Ta-Nehisi Coates essay about a friendly greeting

Across

1 1971 John Lennon signature song (7)

5 President who once lived in Indonesia (5)

8 Tiny land mass (TILES anagram) (5)

9 Garden party food provider (TERRACE anagram) (7)

10 Barry ___: Bee Gees singer (4) 12 Barry ___: Film director of “Good Morning Vietnam” (8) 15 Face covered by a see-through cloth (6)

17 Cold competition with pole positions (6)

20 Guardian (EAT TRULY anagram) (8)

21 “Piano Man” performer Billy ___ (4)

25 Barry ___: Songwriter with many #1 hits (7)

27 Barry ___: Singer with deep romantic voice (5)

28 Lacks, requires (5)

29 The Pointer ___ (RESISTS anagram) (7)

Down

1 “That’s the ___ on the cake” (5) 2 Improvise verbally (2-3)

3 Little bit (Greek letter) (4) 4 Avoid, stay away from (6) 5 “Jesters do ___ prove prophets”: “King Lear” (3)

6 Spray can (7)

7 NASA, NATO or OPEC, e.g. (7) 11 It clinks in drinks (3)

13 “The devil makes work for ___ hands” (4)

14 Barking mammal sea creature (4) 15 ___ P (Proteksia) (7)

16 Strong, as emotions (TIN SEEN