Crossword

ACROSS

1 Sporty British

cars, for short 5 Omelet option 8 Reef material 13 Power co. output 14 Shaped like an

avocado 16 Dig deeply? 17 Fey with many

Emmys 18 Baltic port 19 “Unbroken”

director Angelina 20 Come out on top 23 Intends to hit 24 Sushi roll fish 25 “NewsHour”

channel 28 Novelist Rita __

Brown 29 [I give up!] 32 Vacation location 34 Retail showcase 36 Per item 39 Area for critical

patients, briefly 40 Diamond great

Sandberg 41 Particle physics

concept 46 Pub quiz fodder 47 Red Muppet who refers to himself in the third person 48 Bit of toy

“ammo” 51 Gentle touch 52 Okay mark 54 Knuckleheads 56 Reporter’s delivery ... and what 20-, 34and 41-Across are literally doing? 60 Humdinger 62 Kitchenware

brand 63 Blueprint detail 64 Subject of a certain management class 65 They may be

choppy 66 Fit together

nicely 67 Highmaintenance 68 “That’s the spot” 69 Art Deco

luminary

DOWN

1 Goods thrown

overboard 2 “Girl on Fire”

singer Keys 3 Biological

mapping subject 4 Permanent marks 5 Fictional captain

Hornblower 6 Tel __, Israel 7 Christmas trio 8 Persuades with

flattery 9 Air Wick target 10 Short and

chubby 11 D-backs, on

scoreboards 12 Jack Reacher

creator __ Child 15 Doily fabric 21 __ Los Angeles 22 Actress Polo 26 Dietary fiber 27 Eye problem 30 Determination 31 Anne of “Wag the

Dog” 33 Nimble 34 Improvised blade 35 Fight that may

involve drawing 36 Started, as a co. 37 Gillette brand 38 Pegboard game 42 “So close, yet so

far” 43 Mother Earth, in

Greek mythology 44 “Holy cow!” 45 Curtain supports 48 Writer for whose father the National Baseball Hall of Fame city was named xwordeditor@aol.com 49 Idle 50 Freudian

analyst’s concern 53 __ out: barely

makes 55 “Who’s there?”

answer 57 Was sorry about 58 Furniture chain

popular in dorms 59 Sweet Sixteen org. 60 Prohibit 61 Suffix with ethyl