Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Statistical

concerns

7 Daddy

11 Texting initials 14 “Won’t be long

now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick 17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents?

19 Food Network

host Garten 20 Long-billed bird 21 Hijab, for one 22 Sharp set 23 Longtime Farr

co-star

25 Abate

27 Some K9 canines 30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures? 34 Q.E.D. part 35 Mauna __ 36 Some rugged

sandals

37 HS equivalency

test

38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments

41 __ text: accessibility feature

42 “Just Mercy” actor

__ Jackson Jr. 44 Doc’s org. 45 Bali’s continent 46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower? 49 Shepherds’ docs? 50 Cooler brand 51 Italian bubbly 53 Perseverance’s

home

55 Itinerary

57 Flags down 61 Having celebrated

many birthdays 62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue?

64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form 65 Cause an

emotional reaction 66 Good scents

By Sally Hoelscher & Wendy L. Brandes

67 First car, for

many? 68 Mountain goat 69 Heavenly figure

DOWN

1 Majors, in

baseball slang 2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir” 3 __-lock brakes 4 Overlook 5 Perform beyond

expectations 6 Philharmonic sect. 7 Put forward

8 For some time 9 Kitchen gadget 10 Plus

11 Asked nicely 12 Julep herb 13 Croat or Pole 18 Island where Excalibur was forged 22 Enormous 24 Proofer’s mark 26 Tuts

27 Bricks that are

painful to step on 28 Childish retort 29 Trouble with

locks?

31 Colorful parrot 32 Like new matches 33 “¿Cómo __?” 38 Bucket 39 Clarifying phrase 40 Cable row

targets, for short 43 Med. readouts 45 Earhart, for one 47 “S’okay”

48 Start streaming 52 “Voilà!”

53 More than half

54 In addition

56 MC alternative 58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires” 59 Vault

60 Meeting,

informally 62 “Oof, didn’t need

to know that” 63 Possesses