DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Numbered work 5 Gushed (about) 10 Employee badges,

for short

13 1953 Alan Ladd

Western

14 Former “Weekend

Today” co-host Hill 15 Put to the test 16 Super

18 “Bring It on Home to Me” singer Cooke

19 Scolds loudly 20 Civil rights org. founded by a group that included W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells 22 “Legally Blonde”

role for Reese 23 Super

27 Feature of an

A-frame roof 29 Genesis drummer

Collins

30 Wheels for the

well-heeled 31 Feng shui force 33 North Carolina

college town 35 The guy for ewe? 36 “Nicely done!” and an apt description of

16-, 23-, 51-, and 59-Across 39 Gymnast Mary __

Retton

41 Rapper who plays

Fin Tutuola 42 Topeka’s st. 43 River of Florence 45 “No __ done” 47 Start of an encrypted web address

51 Super

54 Put on the payroll 55 Ish

56 Dreamy state 58 Wall St. debut 59 Super

63 Nada

64 Arizona governor

Hobbs

65 __ well: is a

good sign 66 Hair product 67 Fantastic bargain 68 Toe the line

DOWN

1 “Blast it!” 2 Spanish rice dish 3 Relax, as fists 4 Sailing settings 5 Regain one’s

strength

6 Sleeve

7 Go head-to-head 8 Prefix with footprint 9 Occurs to, with “on” 10 Proclamation on some birth announcements 11 Old Greek coin 12 Runny nose or

headache, maybe 13 Eye sores 17 Chinese philo

sophical concept 21 Have a runny nose or headache, maybe

London’s Globe, for one

Liquids that may be herb-infused 26 Group of sheep 24 25 28 Pad __: stir-fried noodle dish 32 Like cheap wool 34 Trevor who hosted the “The Daily Show” from 2015 to 2022

36 Sushi option

37 __ sauce

38 Like some training 39 Expiring, as a subscription No-bake dessert with a cookie crust 44 Halloween mo. 40 46 Former German

chancellor Angela 48 Diatribe 49 Expensive

50 Goes after 52 Emmy-winning series starring Jean Smart as a comedian

53 Born, in Bordeaux 57 Online marketplace with holiday homes 60 Rodent or snitch 61 Picnicked

62 Spy org.