DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Long sails 8 Interrupt, with
“in”
12 Unsightly sight 13 Christens with oil 17 Frigid
18 Game that’s pointless for one team? 19 Director Howard 20 Sighs of pleasure 22 Like dad jokes 23 Aberdeen resident 25 Symbol on Nike stores
27 Put a strain on 28 1980s sitcom ET 29 Junior in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
30 “Love __ reason, reason none”: Shak. 32 Volleyball court divider
33 Half a matched set 34 Disturbed state 37 Google alternative 39 MBA or Ph.D. 41 Villainous Vader 42 Combo in the ring 44 Jagged rock 46 Neither companion 47 Pawn 48 Aviation prefix 49 It’s not true 50 “Now I get it!” 52 Leaves confused 54 Sushi ingredient 55 Tangle behind many a desktop 57 Type 58 Circle div. 59 Teach bit by bit 61 “Here’s the best part” 65 Lasting forever 66 In plain sight 67 Like hollandaise sauce 68 Removed from power
DOWN
1 Chill (out)
2 Olive or Castor of toondom 3 *The next one starts in 2026 4 Natty neckwear 5 Cross the threshold
6 Stat for Jacob deGrom 7 Actress who won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for “Once and Again” 8 Low opera voice 9 Granite State sch. 10 *Iffy 11 Jackson 5 brother 14 Arctic spectacle ... and what the answers to starred clues have? 15 Sushi ingredient 16 “Come Sail Away” rock band 21 *Rare medical service these days 23 Japanese electronics giant 24 Concealing no weapons 25 Drop in on 26 Moo __ pork 29 *Exhibiting 31 Song syllable 35 Hard to read, facially 36 Number of Chicago Cubs’ World Series wins 38 Platte River native 40 Zeus or Ares 43 Authorized, briefly 45 Horace’s “__ Poetica” 50 Boo-boo
51 Help for a stumped solver 53 Lulu
54 Back in style 56 Raison d’__ 58 Escalator part 60 Internet connectivity annoyance 62 “Killing __”: TV thriller starring Sandra Oh 63 Land in l’eau 64 Australian airport code