The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 __-relief

4 Sacks

8 Loose strands of

hair

13 Tonsillectomy doc 14 Class struggle?

15 Point of contention 16 Binary pronoun

17 *Genetically engineered retriever?

20 Many a Riyadh

resident

22 Family chart

23 NYC airport near

Citi Field

24 *Colleague of an

Idaho farmer?

28 Care follower

29 Relatively small

upright

30 Tammy of country 32 NFL stats

33 Socket set

35 Let up

36 *Advice to someone who doesn’t want more kittens?

39 Star in astronomy 42 Of all time

43 Hr. to go

46 __ knot

49 Successful

candidate

51 God with good

aim

52 *Teaches tricks to

circus animals?

54 “Better Call Saul”

network 55 Interminable time 56 Nevada city

57 *Food and water supplied during a marathon?

62 Future louse

63 Clip

64 Draft category

65 New prefix

66 Nonsensical

67 Holiday song, and,

phonetically, an apt description of the answers to the starred clues

68 Start to sneeze?

DOWN

1 “You should smile

more”

2 Barometer type

3 Soprano Teresa known for her recording of Berg’s “Lulu”

4 Sack

5 Body spray

brand

6 Beetle juice?

7 Clobber, biblically

8 Port producer

9 “Amazing Grace”

ending

10 Abbreviation on old

maps

11 Young hens

12 Data storage

company

18 Got bigger

19 Exposed

21 Shut out

25 Promotional links 26 Chalcedony with black and white bands

27 One who’s wellversed

28 Exhausted

31 Not as far

34 Binary pronoun 36 In things

37 Square

38 Hibernian, e.g.

39 __ jar

40 Meteorological

concern

41 Ristorante

dumplings

43 __ Aigner: fashion house known for accessories 44 Sneaks on the

court?

45 Classic autos advertised with the Cole Porter song “It’s De-lovely”

47 Cow owner in a

Rockwell painting 48 Real hoot

50 Caboose, e.g.

53 Salad topper

55 Shrinking Asian sea 58 Caterpillar roll fish 59 Peace activist

Yoko

60 Word that indicates

a name change

61 ESPN reporter

Paolantonio