DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 In the thick of 5 “Honey, I __ the Kids”: 1989 comedy

11 Brown bag staple,

initially

14 Waves from the

back of a boat 15 Like some

sandpaper

16 Sam Adams, e.g. 17 Flickered-out

flames?

18 “24” analyst

Chloe __ 19 Operate

20 Good thing to have for a change?

22 A lot

24 Judith of “Down

Home” 25 Diplomat’s post 27 Reacted to a really bad pun, perhaps

30 Thrash about

31 Think tank output 32 South African

grassland

33 Place to bowl 37 Hunk of bacon,

say

38 Flood deterrent 39 Like a

Frappuccino 40 Severe criticism 41 Word with teen

or golden

42 Nab in a trap 43 The Ellery Queen

Award is one 45 Mideast or

Midwest 46 Motorcyclist’s

invitation 49 “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” movie 50 Biblical prophet 51 Apple known by its first three letters

56 Notable period

57 Words to live by 59 R&B’s India.__ 60 Actress de Armas

61 Light, as a fire

62 Demolish 63 Bench press

muscle, briefly 64 Barflies

65 Winter ride

DOWN

1 Blown away 2 Calf-covering skirt 3 DIY furniture

brand

4 Movie with

Minions

5 Got a run home 6 Avocation

7 __ avis 8 “Spoon-bender” debunked by the Amazing Randi 9 Code-breaking

org.

10 Jedi Master

Obi-Wan ___ 11 Repair bill

heading

12 B.B. King genre 13 Female donkey

21 12/24 and 12/31 23 Meteors, and what three Down answers aptly contain 26 Manufactured

27 Genie’s offering 28 Run without

moving

29 “Hud” Oscarwinner Patricia 30 Flu symptom 32 Diner list for animal product avoiders 34 Antioxidant berry

35 Old Roman fiddler 36 Eve’s first home 38 Italy’s Como,

per esempio 42 Fixed with thread 44 Arizona MLBers

45 Workers’ rewards 46 Inexpensive 47 “SNL” producer

Michaels 48 Author Asimov 49 Rapper with the 2013 #1 album “Born Sinner” 52 Also includes 53 Face-to-face

exam

54 XL or L, but

not LX

55 Take to heart 58 Brazil metropolis