DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Half a situp 7 Commercial tune 13 “A Wrinkle in Time” novelist Madeleine 14 Timekeepers that don’t work on a rainy day
16 How baked potatoes may be cooked 17 Remove, as a
seatbelt
18 Gina Boswell of Bath & Body Works, e.g.: Abbr. 19 Sequel to Puzo’s
“The Last Don” 21 “Mean Girls”
writer Fey 22 Underwater plant with gas-filled bladders 24 Wayward
26 Time out? 27 Playground retort 29 Quirky habit 31 Cliche
33 French noble 35 Comprehend 39 Eurythmics lead
singer Lennox 40 Go from 4x6 to
8x10, say: Abbr. 41 Totaled
42 Busy restaurant’s notification device
43 JFK predecessor 44 Like some purchases
45 “The __ is calm tonight”: “Dover Beach” opening 47 Mouths off to 49 Amtrak stop: Abbr.
52 Silky
54 Guidelines:
Abbr.
57 Ultimate
59 Creative works 61 Goal
62 Are cast members of 64 Yukon neighbor 66 Prop for a rock singer 67 Watering hole in
TV’s “M*A*S*H” 68 Unnerve
69 1984 mermaid
movie
DOWN
1 Hit it off
2 Zellweger of “Judy” 3 Developing
4 CARE, e.g.
5 Sister of Erato 6 Knight cap
7 Ruling faction after a coup
8 Baby
9 Contract that may prevent bad PR
10 Crux
11 Ancestor of the romance languages
12 Justice Kagan 14 Audiophile’s setup, and an apt description of the perimeter of this puzzle 15 Button alternative
20 Ate away
23 Feels sorry for 25 Fertile Crescent river
28 Some combines 30 Origami birds 31 Stout spout 32 Messenger molecule
34 Soccer equipment 36 Youngest daughter of Nicholas II 37 Valvoline rival 38 Dad 46 Unscrupulous
48 Woolgathers? 49 Poetry event 50 Piglike rhino kin 51 Pet re-homing org.
53 Provide a view 55 Sea walls
56 Huge success 58 Assessment that may end with “Pencils down” 60 Unappealing food 63 NFL passing stat 65 Communication syst. with hand motions