Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Tibetan monks 6 Game with
drivers and carts 10 __ of gold 13 Eggy brunch
choice
15 Slender
woodwind 16 Flightless bird of
Australia
17 *Take a chance 19 Photographer
Goldin 20 Squirrel’s discard 21 Pancakes often served with smoked salmon 23 Archaic “once” 24 *Minnesota
medical center 27 Blessing ender 29 “Oh, now I see” 30 Mother-of-pearl 33 GI show gp. 34 Quacking bird 37 Slice of history 38 *Mug for the
cameras 42 Language of
Southeast Asia 43 Off-white shade 45 Pollen gatherer 46 Arcade pioneer 48 Hole in a tub 50 Covert ops outfit,
for short 52 *Vatican security
detail
55 “Hey, you!” 59 Sun porch 60 Float in the air 62 So last month 63 Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues 66 Laudatory poem 67 Area behind an
altar
68 Hears (of) 69 Chicken __: itchy
malady
70 Class ring
number
71 Wager
DOWN
1 “SNL” producer
Michaels 2 French love 3 Gets soupy, as
ice cream 4 Elite athlete 5 Late-night host
Meyers
6 Divine
7 __-Wan Kenobi 8 Opp. of express 9 Without oomph 10 Landform that
juts into the water 11 Resident of a Middle Eastern sultanate 12 Loose-fitting top 14 Unifying feature of many crosswords 18 Splashy style 22 Fibbed 25 Hops-drying oven
in a brewery 26 “Mon petit __”: French endearment 28 “It’s okay, I
guess”
30 Jill Biden, __
Jacobs 31 Rainbow shape 32 Analog catalog in
British libraries 33 One-eighty 35 Indy 500 racer 36 Colorful pond fish 39 “You’re making
__ mistake!”
40 Feature of many restaurant websites 41 Actress Grier 44 __ Minor:
constellation 47 “Let’s see you do
better!”
49 “To quote
myself ... ” 50 Team on a film
set
51 Ibuprofen brand
52 Sailing vessel 53 Picture book character lost in a crowd
54 Birch family tree 56 Brand of
hummus 57 Smelled a lot 58 To the point 61 Puts frosting on 64 Imitate 65 Super-secret intel
org.