Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Prepared, as a
bed
5 Scuttlebutt
10 Col. Sanders’s
chain
13 Soft palate feature that translates to “little grape” 15 Battery terminal 16 Right-angle
shape
17 Where Alcatraz
sits
20 Towel embroidery
word
21 Like many meds 22 “A __ Day’s Night”: Beatles song
23 Disc sport popular on college campuses 28 Shakespearean
fairy queen
29 Jay of late-night
TV
30 Lady’s man
33 “A Room of One’s
Own” author 35 Admirer 38 Give-it-a-test-run
advice
42 Kiki, Sandra or
Ruby
43 Brainiacs, maybe 44 Mass __: an I-90
nickname
45 Fair
46 “Dude!”
48 Storied pot-ofgold spot
56 Achy
57 What a slob
makes 58 Nitrogen-based
dye 59 Hiding-your-eyes
parent-baby game 64 Veer off course 65 Vegan and Paleo
regimens 66 Roadside hot dog
seller
67 NBC staple for 45
years
68 Daisy variety 69 Three in a deck
DOWN
1 __ pork: Chinese
menu item
2 To no __: in vain 3 Kirsten of SpiderMan films 4 Toymaker for
Santa
5 Charged
6 Mom’s brother 7 “Surely you don’t
mean me?!” 8 Has too much,
briefly
9 __ center 10 Skewered dish 11 Bell-bottom
bottom
12 Only nonrhyming PacMan ghost 14 Roastery draw 18 Many a Mideast
native
19 Very, very 24 Website for film
buffs
25 Polar bear
hangouts
26 Bank (on) 27 Inside scoop 30 Inc., in England 31 Underground find 32 Pastrami holder 33 Value
34 Chicago airport
code
35 “The X-Files” org. 36 Arctic seabird
37 TV’s “Science
Guy”
39 Plenty, in texts 40 Gala
41 “Once __ ... ” 45 Kangaroo kid 46 Diamond bag 47 Daredevil
dangers
48 TV sports awards 49 Hall of Fame
pitcher Ryan 50 Southern twang
51 E, on a gauge 52 Peanut Butter
Cup creator 53 Storybook
elephant
54 Layer with a hole 55 “Toy Story”
cowboy
60 “Yes, indeed!” 61 Give a thumbsdown
62 “__ whiz!”
63 Law firm fig.