Crossword

ACROSS

1 Keebler cracker 6 Shoots the

breeze 11 E, in Morse code 14 Parts of plots 15 Kama __ 16 Bruin great

Bobby 17 *Sports bookie’s

figure 19 Action film gun 20 Caspian Sea

feeder 21 Where work may

pile up 23 Criticized unfairly,

in slang 27 Stand in a studio 29 Get away from 30 Inoffensive 33 “Tell It Like It Is” crooner __ Neville 34 Suffix with billion 35 Fashionable way

to arrive? 36 “What a pity” 37 *R&D setting 40 Meadow 41 Four-stringed instruments, typically 43 Weighty volume 44 Buck the system 46 Passé street corner convenience 48 As __: generally 49 Location 50 Online player,

briefly 52 Taj __ 54 Foundry waste 55 Good Grips

gadget brand 56 End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be 63 “Don’t Bring Me

Down” rock gp. 64 Singer Cyrus 65 Finnish tech

giant 66 Hanoi holiday 67 Green vehicles,

for short 68 Belgian treaty

city

DOWN

1 Cook quickly 2 Prefix with logical 3 __ Lanka 4 Top songs set 5 Stellar scholar 6 D.C. network 7 Sling 8 Gobbled up 9 Carol syllable 10 Extreme cruelty 11 *Dylan’s “Blonde

on Blonde,” e.g. 12 Rice-shaped

pasta 13 Froot Loops

shelfmate 18 B’way sellout sign 22 Jodie Foster title

role 23 Intensify 24 “Seward’s Folly”

purchase 25 *Marksmanship

match 26 Tokyo, long ago 27 “Copperhead Road” singer Steve 28 Nevada’s __ 51 30 Blackjack request 31 Remington played

by Brosnan 32 Driveway coating 34 In unison 38 English school

since 1440 39 Big talk 42 Animal welfare gp. 45 Pitching stat 47 “I need a hand” 50 Tricks 51 Half-__: coffee

compromise 52 Bubbly brand 53 Wheel connector 54 Ending for young

and old alike? 57 Hyphenated Minute Maid brand 58 Schnozz

extension? 59 Japanese drama 60 ’50s prez 61 Sermon subject 62 Boater or bowler