The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Tool that can be a
musical instrument 4 Not berthed
8 Designated
14 Confidentiality
contract: Abbr.
15 Spider-man
co-creator Lee
16 Prophecy source
17 Get-together with a
sketchy vibe?
19 Beam benders
20 Cookie-based
dessert
21 Spanish “those”
22 Salon job
23 Marketer’s blitz
campaign?
28 Affirmative replies 30 General on a menu 31 Sign of healing
32 __ Cruces, New
Mexico
34 “Yeah, I guess”
36 Pickleball shot
37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day?
40 Mud bath spot
42 Bash who co-hosts CNN’S “State of the Union”
43 Mo
44 The Buckeye State 46 WNBA official
47 A few bucks, say 51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials? 55 Heaps
56 Limo destination 57 Jack up
59 Nut used to make vegan cheese
62 Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this puzzle?
63 Understood by few 64 Despise
65 Org. with seven
teams in Canada 66 “This Is Spinal Tap”
director
67 Lyft competitor
68 Game Boy
batteries
DOWN
1 Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel
2 Like premium
streaming services 3 Communion rounds 4 Urgent letters
5 Narrow piece
6 Foodie website covering 25 metro areas
7 “__ takers?”
8 Arcade
achievements
9 Bad move
10 Ups the ante
11 Telethon VIPS
12 Blight-stricken tree 13 __ Moines
18 Grapefruit kin
21 Succeed
24 “You can come out
now” 25 Rights advocacy
gp.
26 __ Tomé and
Príncipe
27 Recede
29 Hourglass stuff
33 Draw for some
pictures
35 Contact lens
holders
37 Uttered
38 Hr. for an afterlunch nap, maybe 39 Interval of eight
notes
40 Cry noisily
41 Soup with rice
noodles 45 Anne of Green
Gables, for one
48 “Riverdale” actress
Huffman
49 “Caught redhanded!”
50 Braces (oneself)
52 Nobel-winning chemist Joliotcurie
53 Process that may
involve PT or OT 54 Roofing option
58 Of all time
59 Subway unit
60 “What __ those?” 61 Bio or chem
62 Moo __ pork