The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 Dart around like a

hummingbird

5 Like 9-Across that

has lost its fizz

9 Dark drink with

fizz

13 Easier to write

neatly on, probably 15 Like tinned

sardines

16 Las Vegas WNBA

team

17 “Drive Happy” car

rental company

18 Harvest

19 School gps.

20 *Mahalia Jackson’s

genre

23 Poem of praise

24 “Passing” actress

Thompson

25 “Friendly” cartoon

ghost

27 Abbr. between

names

29 *Colorful top with a tropical design

32 Contributor with

deep pockets

35 Esteem

36 Layers on tall

wedding cakes

37 Orchestra __

38 Greek storyteller who coined “sour grapes”

42 German steel city 44 Current influence

on the weather?

45 *Trial figure who can give a firsthand account 49 “__ Is a Woman”: Ariana Grande song

50 Hair gel alternative 51 Joyous song

54 Wrinkly pup

55 Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are

60 Actor Guinness

62 Cathedral

section

63 Passion

64 Fork prong

65 Mouse mover

66 Rational believer

67 Stiletto, for one

68 “A __ formality”

69 One-named singer from County Donegal

DOWN

Mark as important “__ & Stitch” Too worked up to

relax

City between

Phoenix and Mesa Like most proms In __ of

Word of sorrow “You’re so

predictable”

9 Mushroom top

10 Sea creatures with

eight arms

11 Front-runner

12 Stand up for

(oneself)

14 Female deer

21 Aspiring atty.’s

exam

1 2 3

4

5 6 7 8 22 Unlike most

proms

26 High shine

27 To the rear,

at sea

28 “Cobra __”: Netflix series based on “The Karate Kid” 30 Just like ewe

31 Beret, e.g.

33 Rowing teams

34 Pass that leads to a successful basket

37 Signing-ceremony

memento

39 Entered a

username, say

40 Singer Yoko 41 Okra unit

43 Breastbone

44 Biblical twin

45 One who feels

another’s pain

46 “That’s not true!” 47 Oregon city on the

Willamette

48 Orb

52 “My stars!”

53 Match, as subjects

and verbs

56 Alleviate

57 “Don’t you __

stop!?”

58 Pinkish

59 Spanish miss:

Abbr.

61 Cartoon frame 5/30/22