The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 Peruvian people who cultivated potato varietals

5 Channel that

covers Capitol Hill 10 Puzzle that may

have dead ends 14 More than a snack 15 Words to live by 16 Emotional request 17 Spring flower painted by van Gogh

19 Feminine pronoun 20 Like one’s back

during cat pose 21 Throw shade at

23 Finger food at

luaus

24 “Mossy, bossy”

Seuss character 25 A-plus student

28 Amtrak sta. times 29 Slot in a cash

drawer

30 Twisted humor

31 Female sib

32 “East of Eden”

director Kazan

33 Docent’s deg.

34 Hard-to-open

cap

39 Air gun shot

40 Jazz singer Anita 41 Op. __: footnote

abbr.

43 Diet based on the eating habits of early humans

46 Business attire

47 Mexican coin 48 Coffee order similar

to a latte

50 Not quite foggy

51 Post-op area

52 __ card:

smartphone need 53 Lively dances

54 Novelist __ Neale

Hurston

56 Scold harshly

59 Like 8 or 88

60 Gabrielle of “Being

Mary Jane”

61 Filmmaker

Preminger

62 Depend (on)

63 Trivial, as a

complaint

64 Cry

DOWN

1 Sticks a stake in,

as a vampire

2 Overly anxious

3 Dramatic end of a cinematic chase scene

4 Socially dominant

figures

5 Kept in the email

loop

6 __ Lanka

7 A pop

8 Athletic brand with

a three-stripe logo 9 Deferential denial 10 Dashboard abbr. 11 Pepper named for

a Syrian city

12 Focus (on)

13 With very little

effort 18 Luthor of the

comics

22 Looking swell

25 Short cut?

26 Save, as a

newspaper article 27 Eurasia’s __

Mountains

29 Alero automaker,

informally

32 Macaroni often

used in cold salads 33 Zoo trench

35 “Yeah, sure”

36 Dog that licks

Garfield

37 Enjoy the lake in

winter, perhaps

38 Aversion 42 Place to buy gifts

for kids

43 Vaccine

manufacturer

44 Tucked-away

recess

45 Bay leaf source

46 Gymnast Biles who won four gold medals in Rio

47 Cushion

49 Ask for

a donation

50 “Calvin and

Hobbes” bully

53 Measly

55 “__ takers?”

57 Trivial complaint 58 Received