The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 Statistical concerns 7 Daddy

11 Texting initials

14 “Won’t be long

now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick

17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents?

19 Food Network host

Garten

20 Long-billed bird

21 Hijab, for one

22 Sharp set

23 Longtime Farr

co-star

25 Abate

27 Some K9 canines 30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures?

34 Q.E.D. part

35 Mauna __

36 Some rugged

sandals

37 HS equivalency

test

38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments

41 __ text:

accessibility feature 42 “Just Mercy” actor

__ Jackson Jr.

44 Doc’s org.

45 Bali’s continent

46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower? 49 Shepherds’ docs? 50 Cooler brand

51 Italian bubbly

53 Perseverance’s

home

55 Itinerary

57 Flags down

61 Having celebrated

many birthdays

62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue?

64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form

65 Cause an

emotional reaction 66 Good scents

67 First car, for many? 68 Mountain goat

69 Heavenly figure

DOWN 1 Majors, in baseball

slang

2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir”

3 __-lock brakes

4 Overlook

5 Perform beyond

expectations

6 Philharmonic sect. 7 Put forward

8 For some time

9 Kitchen gadget

10 Plus

11 Asked nicely

12 Julep herb

13 Croat or Pole 18 Island where Excalibur was forged

22 Enormous

24 Proofer’s mark

26 Tuts

27 Bricks that are

painful to step on 28 Childish retort

29 Trouble with locks? 31 Colorful parrot

32 Like new

matches

33 “¿Cómo __?”

38 Bucket

39 Clarifying phrase 40 Cable row targets,

for short 43 Med. readouts

45 Earhart, for one

47 “S’okay”

48 Start streaming

52 “Voilà!”

53 More than half

54 In addition

56 MC alternative

58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires”

59 Vault

60 Meeting, informally 62 “Oof, didn’t need

to know that”

63 Possesses