DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Has finished making payments on 5 NYC cultural institution redesigned by architect Yoshio Taniguchi
9 Made fun of 14 Dance for seniors 15 Dove calls
16 Main artery 17 Weight adjustment button on a deli scale
18 *Game timer that may implement the Fischer method
20 “Cleared for takeoff!”
22 Acorn dropper 23 “Eureka!”
24 *Choose selectively 27 Wound memento 28 E __ elephant 29 Bedframe board 31 With 41- and 45-Across, go Dutch, or what the answers to the starred clues do? 35 Sci-fi extras
37 Still in contention 40 Brother’s daughter 41 See 31-Across 42 The “N” of USNA 43 River mammal 44 Casual affirmative 45 See 31-Across 46 “No __, no fuss!” 48 Get up
50 Shed tears
52 *Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame band with the hit “The Flame” 58 German pronoun 59 British lav 60 Certain Honshu
resident 61 *Silverado, for one 65 Actress Neuwirth 66 Oscar winner
Firth
67 Back of the neck 68 Flake (on) 69 Colorado ski locale 70 Watery expanses 71 “__ it obvious?”
DOWN
1 Related to the eye 2 Ire
3 Like the deities Odin and Freya 4 Makeup slip-up 5 Clan that feuded with the Hatfields 6 “Look, fireworks!” 7 “The Simpsons” tavern owner 8 Professional org. 9 Tire changer’s need
10 Hotmail alternative 11 Like someone who takes the initiative 12 __ Sketch: art toy 13 Capital of Senegal 19 Fifth Avenue retailer
21 Cheese gadgets 25 Devoutness
26 Right over the plate, as a pitch 27 Egyptian soccer superstar Mohamed
30 Little needles in some medical tests 31 Hostess __ Balls
32 Fire place?
33 “You shouldn’t have to do it all alone”
34 Frost over
36 Retro tint for photos
38 Rug cleaner, for short
39 Large deer in the Rockies 47 Glaswegian, e.g. 49 Bike wheel parts 50 Neopagan religion
51 Amazon smart speakers
53 Prominent feature of a mountain goat 54 Religious leader in many a Chaim Potok novel 55 Furniture stores that sell meatballs
56 Log home
57 Got down to propose
59 Country singer Loretta 62 Compete
63 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 64 Audit firm pro