DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gold rush storyteller Bret 6 Saints’ org. 9 Word pronounced like its middle letter

12 “The Lion in Winter” co-star 14 Senator Lisa Murkowski, notably 16 Participated in a pub crawl 18 Cleanse (of ) 19 Afore

20 Video game pioneer

22 Sch. playing home games in the Sun Bowl 24 “Shadows of the Night” Grammy winner 28 Numbs, as senses 30 Bilingual TV explorer

31 File menu command 32 Seiko Group printers 34 Mountain myth 36 Flower location 37 Placating words before a confession 40 The Eiger, for one 43 Scott who played Chachi 44 Supplement 48 Snowblower brand 50 Schedule 52 “Borat” star __ Baron Cohen 53 New and improved 56 Vegetable with Golden and Chioggia varieties 57 San __, California 58 “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” singer Chris 60 __-di-dah 61 Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? 66 Nonworking time 67 Twain of country 68 Bigger copy: Abbr. 69 Place to retire 70 Over

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1 Indignant reaction 2 Savored the flattery 3 Short poems 4 Playdate participant 5 Hamburg’s river 6 “I don’t wanna” 7 Woman in Progressive ads 8 One of 12 on a sitting jury? 9 Tough dogs 10 Deferred payment at the pub 11 Impress deeply? 13 1994 Costner role 15 Go over

17 Get lost in a book 21 Ticked off 23 Lumber (along) 25 Bath time plaything 26 “Grimm” actress Turner 27 Wonderland cake words

29 Elitist sort 33 Harry Potter’s potions teacher 35 Fleming and Holm 38 Incline 39 Hardly lively 40 “Lemme __!” 41 Precious 42 Many a middle schooler 45 Most sparsely populated European country 46 Inexpensive knockoff 47 Consequence of wearing a cap too long

49 Low soccer score 51 Sleuth Wolfe 54 Some spammers 55 Two-legged zebras 59 1975 Wimbledon winner 62 Non’s opposite 63 Coffee server 64 Phil Rizzuto’s retired number 65 Chewie’s pal