DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Statistical
concerns
7 Daddy
11 Texting initials 14 “Won’t be
long now” 15 Wilson of “The
Internship”
16 Feel sick
17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents?
19 Food Network
host Garten 20 Long-billed bird 21 Hijab, for one 22 Sharp set 23 Longtime Farr
co-star
25 Abate
27 Some K9 canines 30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures?
34 QED part 35 Mauna __
36 Some rugged
sandals
37 HS equivalency test 38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments
41 __ text: accessibility feature
42 “Just Mercy” actor
__ Jackson Jr. 44 Doc’s org.
45 Bali’s continent 46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower? 49 Shepherds’ docs? 50 Cooler brand 51 Italian bubbly 53 Perseverance’s
home
55 Itinerary
57 Flags down 61 Having celebrated
many birthdays 62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? 64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form
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65 Cause an emotional reaction 66 Good scents 67 First car, for
many? 68 Mountain goat 69 Heavenly figure
DOWN
1 Majors, in baseball slang 2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir”
3 __-lock brakes 4 Overlook 5 Perform beyond
expectations 6 Philharmonic sect. 7 Put forward
8 For some time 9 Kitchen gadget 10 Plus
11 Asked nicely 12 Julep herb
13 Croat or Pole 18 Island where Excalibur was forged 22 Enormous 24 Proofer’s mark
Tuts
Bricks that are painful to step on 28 Childish retort 29 Trouble with
locks?
31 Colorful parrot 32 Like new matches 33 “¿Cómo __?” 38 Bucket 39 Clarifying phrase 40 Cable row targets,
for short
43 Med. readouts 45 Earhart, for one 26 27
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47 “S’okay”
48 Start streaming 52 “Voilà!”
53 More than half 54 In addition
56 MC alternative 58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires” 59 Vault
60 Meeting, informally 62 “Oof, didn’t need
to know that” 63 Possesses