The Daily Crossword
1
ACROSS
Beauty queen’s topper
6 Standoffish
11 Irish folk dance
14 Naysayers
15 “Z: The Beginning of Everything” star Christina
16 Santa __ winds
17 *Easy-to-read
character
19 “Real World”
channel
20 Triangular Indian
pastry
21 Skinny fish
22 Buzzing insect
23 Luxury bag
monogram
24 *Cruise stop
28 Like much Scotch 30 Purchase at Lowe’s 31 July 4th nonstarter 34 Kagan of the Court 37 “Grr!,” say
40 *Microsoft Outlook
service
42 Freight weight
43 *Facetime
alternative
44 1988 film farce fish 45 Asian part of Egypt 47 Assist
48 Goes to seed
50 “Enchanted”
fantasy film girl
52 *Emphatic typeface 56 Patriots’ org.
59 Stool pigeon
60 Put a spell on 61 Decline to
participate
64 Cigar refuse
65 Parting words suggested by all or part of the answers to starred clues
67 Peg for a round 68 “Grr!”
69 “Tomorrow”
musical
70 Slip up
71 Cozy spots
72 Rent-a-car choice
1
DOWN
File folder projections Mosaic technique Molecule parts Cough drop name sung in ads
5 Seeks answers
6 “__ you listening?” 7 Soda bottle size
8 Four pairs
9 Spotted wildcat
10 Evergreen tree
11 One-pot New
Orleans dish
12 Major chip maker 13 Chairperson’s order
keeper
18 Place for a
campaign button 25 “Waiting for Lefty”
playwright
26 Archaeologist’s find 27 Fail suddenly,
with “out”
2 3 4 29 Desserts in
Little Italy
31 Morning
drops
32 Actress Thurman 33 Longtime “CBS Evening News” anchor
35 “There’s __ in
team”
36 Building add-on 38 Hudson Riv.
tech school
39 Went first
41 Worshiped star 46 “Iron Chef Gauntlet” host Brown 49 Devious plan
51 San __: Texas city,
familiarly
52 Steaming mad
53 Law enforcement
shocker
54 Overflows (with)
55 Yank in Yemen,
for short
57 No longer lost
58 Saint __: Caribbean
island
62 School bake sale
orgs.
63 In that case
65 They’re related
66 Cards checked at
the gate, briefly