Crossword

ACROSS

1 It’s not clear 5 Strategic corporate name change 12 Expert

15 Arm bone 16 Outshine 17 Cornish

game __

18 Home of the highest terrestrial biodiversity 21 Partner of

mirrors

22 What duct tape

has a lot of 23 Computer operating system with a penguin mascot

24 Color like khaki

25 Little helper? 27 Identify 28 Texter’s segue

29 Building up 34 3-Down

concern

37 ICU hookups 40 19th Greek

letter

41 Airbag, e.g. 44 Craft measured

in cubits

45 What chefs do

often 46 Single-file travelers, at times 47 “King Arthur’s Song” musical 49 Red or Ross 51 Were, now 52 Baja’s opposite

54 __ Mahal

57 Chew out 59 Fast-food option

61 Extra

63 Superior ... or what this puzzle’s circled letters represent? 66 Relations

67 Part of the CMYK color model 68 Bassoon cousin

69 It can cover a lot of ground 70 Specter

71 Puts on

DOWN

1 Rupture

2 Cub : bear :: cria : ___

3 Group with a rep 4 Arrange in order 5 Rock’s __ Speedwagon 6 Beige relatives 7 Hallowed

8 What yeast makes dough do 9 Bldg. units 10 Situation Room gp. 11 “You’re on!”

12 Do the minimum

13 Vile

14 Black stone

19 Bowling a 300, e.g. 20 Pinches 26 Turn while

seated

28 MLB scorecard

entries 29 Wonder Woman

adversary 30 Drops above the

ground

31 HS exam for

college credit 32 Georgia, once:

Abbr.

33 Courage

34 Apt rhyme for “aahs” 35 Italian dish of thinly sliced raw meat or fish 36 Do some informal polling 38 Quash 39 “Fiddlesticks!” 42 George’s musical

brother 43 Energizer size 48 Liquefy

50 State of

comfort 52 Secret __ 53 Numbers

game

54 Fitness

portmanteau 55 Burning issue? 56 Ballet leaps 57 Upscale

retailer 58 Slightly soggy 59 Frat party

costume

60 One may be

self-cleaning 62 Spur

64 Cry of disgust 65 Western omelet

morsel