THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cotillion VIPS

5 Fades

9 Redolence

14 Strip of wood

15 Legendary

16 Participated in a

regatta, maybe

17 Prefix between

giga- and peta

18 It concludes The Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds”

20 Character seen at the beginning and end of “Star Wars” 22 Gain an advantage 23 Collection of vineyards, perhaps

28 Tune from “10”

30 It comes early in

September

32 W-2 org.

33 Benefit

35 Nose (out)

36 One is used in basketball but not in hockey

39 Hearty partner

42 Animal also called

a forest giraffe

43 Boxer’s warning 46 What can be seen in two places in Missouri

49 Dinner-and-ashow platform

51 Small accident

52 One-named

K-pop singer

53 One can’t print

dollars without it

58 When read as three words, suitable sponsor for “Sesame Street” and an alternate answer for 18-, 20-, 30-, 36-, 46-, and 53-Across

62 Powdery mineral 64 Inbox filler

65 Cut down to size 66 Poetic tributes

67 Study aids

68 Physicist Bethe portrayed in “Oppenheimer” 69 Moon landing org.

DOWN

1 Summer hrs.

2 Roosevelt whom Truman called the “First Lady of the World”

3 Crude carriers

4 Square figure?

5 Erté’s style

6 Tablet since 2010 7 Marshy spot

8 Dundee resident

9 Melodic passage 10 Director Howard

11 Have debts

12 Guys

13 Flap

19 “Stay” singer Lisa 21 2021 interviewer of Meghan and Harry

22 Kimono sash

24 Arduous journey 25 Append

26 Graffiti signature 27 Needle hole

29 Lacto-__

vegetarian

30 Soundly defeats 31 Penne __ vodka 34 Speck

36 Macfarlane or Green of “Family Guy”

37 Elect (to)

38 Polite

39 “Let me see ... “40 Mahershala with

two Oscars

41 Nt. wt. units

43 Southernmost of the Windward Islands

44 Really irks

45 Saloon pour

47 Stands in front of

artists

48 Dr. visit

50 Son of Poseidon 54 Engrave

55 “Life & Beth” actor

Michael

56 Curling __

57 Egyptian snakes 58 Number of digits

on a keypad

59 Med. care provider 60“Don’t let it get

cold”

61 Whopper

63 Farm-share

program, for short