DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fuzzy fruit 5 Nails-on-a

chalkboard sound 11 Heart of the

matter

15 Very dry

16 __ network 17 Public prank 18 Taper off

19 Not remote 20 Highest point 21 Get what’s really

going on

24 Abbr. in recipes 25 Prefix meaning

“three” 26 Seconds, but

for drinks 30 Lasagna

ingredient

34 A third of a yard 35 Standing __ 36 Time for presents,

for short

37 Need a shim,

perhaps 40 Stitched

41 Your and my 42 Warlock’s

repertoire 43 Steamed bun 44 Get hot, in a way 47 Lacking slack 48 Terrifying 50 Passover feast 51 “Oh, be quiet!” 52 Poutine pieces 53 Avoid elimination 56 Hereditary

59 “If Beale Street Could Talk” actor Colman 63 Line on a graph 64 “Oh, be quiet!” 67 In a slump

68 Not full-size 69 Former name of the NBA’s Thunder, informally 70 Burden 71 In-transit figs. 72 “Scandal” crisis manager Olivia

73 Burnt __: barbecue delicacy

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DOWN

1 Midwestern

people

2 401(k) alternative 3 Knowing gesture 4 Name

5 Vehicles for

cold times

6 Little bit of

change

7 Not take

one’s time 8 “Video” singer

India.__

9 Touches lightly 10 Optional courses 11 Vehicles from old

times

12 Ladder material 13 Dubai’s fed. 14 Spy-fi film series

starring Vin Diesel 22 Capital of Norway 23 Largest member of the dolphin family

26 Many sci-fi

characters

27 Go on

28 Was terrified of 29 Rhyming slogan

opposing a

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Chiefs fan gesture 30 Take a gamble 31 Dressy accessory 32 In the direction of 33 Rubs the

wrong way

38 Fine specimen 39 Cheek cosmetic 45 Bitter enemy 46 “Curses!”

48 Layer on a

stagnant pond 49 Fingernail part 54 Touch lightly

55 Portable beds 56 Willing

57 Press Esc,

perhaps

58 “I Put a Spell on You” singer Simone 60 Halfway between

midnights 61 Pleased 62 Numbers

with a colon 65 Word shouted while putting a card down

66 Bit of advice