East Bay Times

Today's crossword

- By Gary Larson & Amy Ensz

ACROSS

1 __-relief

4 Sacks

8 Loose strands

of hair 13 Tonsillect­omy doc 14 Class struggle? 15 Point of contention 16 Binary pronoun 17 *Geneticall­y engineered retriever?

20 Many a Riyadh

resident

22 Family chart 23 NYC airport near

Citi Field 24 *Colleague of an

Idaho farmer? 28 Care follower 29 Relatively small

upright

30 Tammy of country 32 NFL stats 33 Socket set

35 Let up

36 *Advice to someone who doesn’t want more kittens? 39 Star in

astronomy

42 Of all time

43 Hr. to go

46 __ knot 49 Successful

candidate

51 God with good

aim

52 *Teaches tricks to

circus animals? 54 “Better Call Saul”

network 55 Interminab­le time 56 Nevada city 57 *Food and water supplied during a marathon? 62 Future louse 63 Clip

64 Draft category 65 New prefix 66 Nonsensica­l 67 Holiday song, and, phonetical­ly, an apt descriptio­n of the answers to the starred clues 68 Start to sneeze?

DOWN

1 “You should smile

more” 2 Barometer type 3 Soprano Teresa known for her recording of Berg’s “Lulu” 4 Sack

5 Body spray

brand

6 Beetle juice? 7 Clobber, biblically 8 Port producer 9 “Amazing Grace”

ending 10 Abbreviati­on on

old maps 11 Young hens 12 Data storage

company

18 Got bigger 19 Exposed

21 Shut out 25 Promotiona­l links 26 Chalcedony with black and white bands

27 One who’s well

versed 28 Exhausted

31 Not as far 34 Binary pronoun 36 In things 37 Square 38 Hibernian, e.g. 39 __ jar 40 Meteorolog­ical

concern ©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

41 Ristorante

dumplings

43 __ Aigner: fashion house known for accessorie­s 44 Sneaks on the

court?

45 Classic autos advertised with the Cole Porter song “It’s De-Lovely” 47 Cow owner in a

Rockwell painting 5/27/22 5/27/22

48 Real hoot 50 Caboose, e.g. 53 Salad topper 55 Shrinking Asian

sea

58 Caterpilla­r roll fish 59 Peace activist

Yoko

60 Word that indicates a name

change

61 ESPN reporter

Paolantoni­o

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