The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 California wine region near Sonoma
5 Not quite
11 Zamboni surface 14 Nowhere to be
seen, for short
15 Simple shelter
16 Prom rental
17 *Performer who may wear harem pants
19 Lob’s path
20 “Star Wars” heroine 21 Taylor Swift’s “__
Song”
22 If not
23 Tree frog sound
25 *People in a lovehate relationship 27 Transmission choice for driving uphill
29 Stockpile
30 Chips __!: cookie
brand
31 Creme Egg
candymaker
35 Hearty holiday
drink
36 *Body-lifting
exercises
37 Spigot
40 Ambushed
41 Corn Belt tower
42 Storybook brutes 45 Tracks down
47 *Veers from the
straight and narrow 51 Pet rabbit’s home 52 Wallop
53 Feel crummy
54 Carpenter’s clamp 55 Source of milk for
pecorino cheese 56 Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do
60 Time zone word:
Abbr.
61 Dined at a bistro,
say
62 Nerd
63 That lady
64 Tinkers (with)
65 Avant-garde
DOWN
1 Capture
2 Knock the socks
off
3 Tadpole
4 Hay fever, e.g.
5 “Marriage Story”
actor Alan
6 Actress Thompson 7 Regal home
8 Promptly
9 Rudder’s locale
10 Only Canadian
MLB city
11 Firenze locale
12 Swear words
13 More than
necessary
18 Cry of pain
22 Television award 23 Tartan-sharing kin 24 Santa’s jolly
syllables
25 Physically delicate 26 Disneyland hat pair 28 Sore
32 Genetic material 33 Construct
34 Bun, e.g.
36 Wine barrel
37 Giggled selfconsciously
38 Smart __: know-itall
39 Swanky
40 Like disappointing
coffee
41 Mcmuffin meat
option
42 Think too much
(about) 43 Old-__ forest 44 Ebb
46 Rather smart 48 Cook in some olive
oil, say
49 Tugs at a fishing
line
50 Choir
section
54 November
honorees
56 Pic taker
57 Shade on a color
wheel
58 Plead
59 Big __ Country