Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Fans of the Bible?

11 It’s hardly a breath of fresh air 15 Apartment units 16 Where to visit the USS Arizona Memorial 17 Necked, jocularly 18 Sort (through) 19 Perspectiv­es 20 Starters

22 Bobs and weaves 23 Phone-unlocking option 25 Pictures 27 “Auntie,” on the telly 30 Dreaded examinatio­n 32 Like bells 33 Achilles’ heel, e.g. 35 Lap-sitter 36 Solution for a chef, maybe

37 Not on time, but that’s OK 41 Talent, in slang 42 Sister language of Thai 43 Member of the House of Saud, e.g.

44 ___ nut 45 Cicely ___, 2020 Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee 47 Seventh of 24 48 Plot device that prompts a protagonis­t to piece things together

50 Right columns?

52 Roar from a crowd 53 Proverbial back-breaker 55 King ___

59 “My, my!”

61 Get out of here! 63 Miguel in “Coco,” por ejemplo 64 Sweet Indian beverage 65 “Rock or Bust” rockers

66 One who’s about ready to go out?

DOWN

1 Attention getter 2 Lead-in to culture

3 Unfortunat­e thing to be out of 4 Nets 5 Alternativ­e to 7Up

6 Like the circle in the 7Up logo 7 Intermitte­ntly 8 Dandy 9 Trickery

10 Tick off

11 Title of hits by Abba and Rihanna 12 Something that might be sacrificed at the altar? 13 “Never mind!” 14 Full of grit 21 Unite 24 Jaguars, e.g. 26 Trickery

27 With whom you might have a Snapchat streak, informally

28 Bad spells 29 Liquid paper? 31 Where eyeglasses and espresso machines were invented

34 & 36 What plasma may be removed from 38 “Check”

39 It comes before overtime 40 Slice of life, maybe

45 Kind of bone near the tibia and fibula 46 “___ done!” 48 Game site 49 Objects 51 Literally, “law” 54 Face covering of a sort

56 Big producer of speakers 57 Santa ___, Calif. 58 Surrounded by 60 Nonfiction film, informally 62 Really jump out

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