The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Frito pie

ingredient 6 Percussionbased theater troupe

11 Back in the day 14 TV signal part 15 SAT prep help,

often

16 Like beach volleyball players 17 Casino array 18 See 6-Down 19 Trellis growth 20 “Freeze!” 21 Former spouse who never lets things get awkward? 23 Serpentine fish 25 Streisand film based on a Singer story 26 Outcome when a salon student makes waves? 32 Holy __ 33 Cleared for

takeoff?

34 Low nos. for

aces 38 Many

Egyptians 40 Domino dot 41 Day of the Dead

drink

42 Arizona locale for spring training fans 43 Suits

45 Silent communication sys.

46 Luring an academic to the dark side? 49 “The City & the City” novelist Miéville

51 WSJ news

topic

52 Taylor Swift hit song about defying the haters, and an apt title for this puzzle

56 Cause of

inflation? 60 “Nailed it!” 61 Miyazaki’s

genre

62 Binge

63 Snare 64 Four-time Australian Open winner

65 Piano part 66 Weep

67 Utopias 68 Mature

DOWN

1 “Hurt” singer 2 Dance for a lei

person

3 TV competition,

familiarly 4 Kitten caboodle 5 Apple platform 6 With 18-Across, ingredient in five-spice powder

7 Fish in salade

niçoise 8 Ear-relevant? 9 Sauntered 10 Want more 11 Listing 12 Chairperson’s

hammer

13 Black stone 21 Series set at

McKinley High 22 Not fulfilled 24 Winds down 26 Rich soil 27 Word on some European postage stamps 28 “That’s a

shame” 29 Mature 30 Octavia Butler’s

genre

31 “Fast Food My Way” chef Jacques

35 Have a good

laugh

36 Besides 37 Mirror image 39 Dyeing art 41 PDQ 4/22/22

43 Clocked 44 “What a long

week” sigh 47 Trepidation 48 Burst

49 Pull (for) 50 Impulsive 52 Out of __ 53 Bananagrams

piece

54 Sign

55 Own (up) 57 Lahore tongue 58 Repast

59 Hide 62 Après-ski

option