The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Pizza chain in many food courts

7 Mark Cuban’s

NBA team 13 Blue state 15 Fútbol chant 16 Member of the swim-up bar staff ?

18 La Scala

showpiece 19 Take a little off

the top 21 Exercise class that’s all about one’s ego? 26 Hardware with

crosspieces 28 Big name in nail

polish 29 Phishing fig. 30 Interior

designer Berkus 31 Marriages 34 Elements needed to start NFL games? 40 Most massive 41 Barrel band 42 Many a “9-1-1”

character 45 Make a typo,

say

46 Not fair

48 Tricks for producing excellent Tweetstorms? 52 One with elitist

tastes

53 Gray __

54 “Not staying long,” and an apt title for this puzzle? 62 “Come From the Heart” country singer Kathy 63 Without any

oomph

64 Came next 65 Office binder

DOWN

1 Retired jet 2 Granola __ 3 Juice aisle

suffix

4 Genetic letters 5 Hill-building

stinger 6 Egyptian god of

the underworld 7 __ Jones

8 Menu phrase 9 Island chain 10 Buncha 11 National Weather Service postings 12 Binger’s target 14 Cranky mood 17 Part of LGBTQ+ 20 Web portal with

a butterfly logo 21 Participate in a

primary, say 22 First Hebrew

letter

23 Gesture while giving directions, maybe

24 Shuffle gadget 25 “The Mod Squad” role for Omar Epps 26 Explosive

letters 27 “Phooey!” 31 Tech support

callers 32 “Panini” rapper

Lil __ X

33 Not __: barely

acceptable 35 Had regrets 36 Nasty sort 37 “We’ll square up later” markers 38 Wordless

agreement 39 Seeker of

intel

42 UFO mechanics,

presumably 43 Verne Troyer’s “Austin Powers” role 44 __ horse 46 Brunch choice 47 Seize, as an

opportunity

4/14/23

49 Is up against 50 Canal

setting 51 Jackdaw kin 55 Disco __ of

“The Simpsons” 56 Rugby ball

prop

57 Cam or Mitch, on “Modern Family” 58 Celebrated time

span

59 Short swim 60 Under the

weather 61 “Science Guy”

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