The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Winter sports

park activity 11 National Humor

Mo.

14 Game that typically has hard-to-get tickets 15 California roll

ingredient 17 Line from one cutting it close

18 Emerald City

visitor 19 Scandal sheet 20 Part of

a bang-up job 21 Got ready for 23 Promises that end engagements 25 Fish with transparent babies

27 Nancy, to Fritzi

Ritz

28 Target area 30 Like the top of most refrigerators 32 Part of a routine 33 Ashram sound 35 Free __

36 Org. with an Office of Water 37 Starting points for pro golfers

40 Library warning 43 Jelly in some

boba

44 Lab kit supply 47 Talk sweetly 48 Parents

50 Bad blood 52 Remove identifiers, on social media 54 Exam taken in

“Legally Blonde” 56 Bourguignon, for

one

57 Ingredient in many a 56-Across 59 Haul

61 Apology starter 62 Buckets

63 Court figures 66 Company with a hedgehog mascot

67 Perk up? 68 Shape of orecchiette pasta 69 Political staffer

DOWN

1 Law in some

Gulf States

2 Like some

Mongols

3 “Holy smokes!” 4 Just out of an

onsen, say 5 Traffic sound 6 Barely ahead 7 Socked

8 “Modern

Comfort Food” writer Garten 9 Type of value calculated for mutual funds 10 Rose

11 When Romeo and Juliet have their balcony scene

12 One under a

wing

13 Cause of limited

interest, perhaps 16 “In the Heights”

shop 22 Question of

status

24 Chunk

26 Sneaky types 29 Make it big 31 No-win

situations 34 Spinner’s

yarn 38 Underground blaze that emits toxic gases 39 Sentimental

sorts

40 Takes a deep

dive, maybe 41 Land where Puff and Jackie Paper played

7/29/23 42 Practice with

sweaters 45 Customizable

avatar app 46 Took control 49 Spitball need 51 Target of some recycling drives

53 Union station? 55 Pull on

58 New Zealand’s

Southern __ 60 Flight

assignment 64 Element with the shortest name

65 PG Tips, e.g.