DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ticket category 6 Goggle 10 Request to a prospective guest
14 “Paint It Black”
instrument 15 “That’s a shame” 16 “East of Eden”
director Kazan 17 Solo’s favorite
sandwiches? 19 “The Persistence of Memory” painter
20 1914 battle river 21 Side in some
all-star games 22 Didn’t dawdle 23 __ loss for words 25 Digging 27 Vader’s favorite
treat? 34 Automne
preceder 35 Refrain 36 Cabeza, across
the Pyrenees 38 Busy, busy, busy 40 “Friendly
Skies” co. 41 X-rated
material 42 Jasmine __
43 Not on the level 46 BlackBerry, e.g. 47 Wookiee’s favorite dessert? 50 Protective
cover
51 Canapé topper 52 Hit gently 55 Actor
Hemsworth 58 Soak up the sun 62 Rapper with a beverage-like name
63 Hutt’s favorite
beverage?
65 No ally of Asta 66 Uptight
67 Put to rest 68 What “F” may
mean
69 Modest response
to praise 70 Brigantine’s pair
DOWN
1 Far from
ruddy
2 “Buenos __” 3 “Cure Ignorance” online anthology 4 Unwitting test
taker
5 Capote nickname 6 “Born This Way”
Lady
7 Tavern pours 8 Hard to please 9 Double curve 10 Revolutionary
soldiers
11 Deck chair piece 12 Beneath
contempt 13 Treated
18 Part of a boxer’s “tale of the tape”
22 The NHL’s
Thrashers 24 Cannabis
compound 26 Discouraging
words
27 Honey
28 Room at the top 29 1990s Labor
secretary 30 Boston fern, e.g. 31 Sonicare rival 32 Piano practice
concerns 33 Piano practice
piece 37 Share-a-ride updates, briefly
39 Stay dry 43 Balloon filler 44 Bellini opera 45 Wee hour 48 Blanched 49 One of six awards for Ursula Le Guin 52 Minor
argument
53 Free speech org. 54 Zest
56 Support beam 57 Well
59 Is home sick,
maybe
60 “Go on, git!” 61 Custodian’s
ringfull
63 __ alai
64 Improv session