Crossword

ACROSS

1 Gym supplies 5 Affectionate-poke-on-the-nose word

9 Cut souvenirs 14 Without

instruments 16 “Haystacks”

painter

17 “What?” 18 Soaked

19 “The Twilight Zone” (2019) host Jordan 20 Distress

22 Ballet move 23 Two-step

tutorials, say 26 Take a bad turn 29 “Semper Fidelis”

composer 30 “Concord Sonata”

composer 31 Race units 34 Talked like

Moses or Abraham?

36 Tart finish?

37 In actuality

39 The last pope

named Clement 40 Cleaner brand with a macron on its first vowel 42 Circulate 43 Cornmeal product 44 Ones known for

excellent service 46 Many people make them at work

48 Blizzard

portmanteau 51 “Rub-__ ... ” 52 Root that may be

cubed

53 Big battery 56 Realm of Tolkienʼs

Dwarves

58 Are useful 61 Cleared in a diner 62 Proverbial

nonexistent meal 63 Nuclear trial 64 Pamplona

pronoun

65 BFN alternative

DOWN

1 Buddy 2 “Rent-__”: 1988

film 3 Unlikely to titillate 4 Small trunks 5 “Go easy on me” 6 Copacabana

greeting

7 Tree sacred to

Athena

8 “Wait Wait... Donʼt Tell Me!” group

9 Texting format,

briefly 10 Confines 11 Norman

Conquest victim 12 2019 Best Supporting Actress winner for “If Beale Street Could Talk”

13 They may be treated with compresses 15 Country in the

Caroline Islands 21 Strike symbols 24 Source of

livestock feed 25 Okay 26 Deceptively

adorn 27 Transmission

conclusion 28 Start of typical “Star Trek” navigation orders 32 Buddy 33 Admonish 35 Tense times,

maybe

37 School house 38 Turns idly, as a

pencil

41 Green ones 43 Pesto ingredient 45 For example 47 Inclined to opine 48 Copacabana

steps

49 Faux pas 50 Mideast

dignitaries 54 Advanced 55 Goranson of

“The Conners” 57 Big name in

home security 59 Summer sign 60 FedEx rival