DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The “M” in STEM, briefly 5 Bistro offerings 10 Darkened for emphasis, as text 14 New York canal 15 Quiver projectile 16 “Buy It Now” site 17 *Price a discarded item might fetch 19 Zonk out 20 Snail’s protection 21 Directs
23 “__ on Down the Road”: “The Wiz” song
26 Bus sked info 27 *Preliminary book copy for editing 33 Corp. money exec 35 Medical pros 36 Take great pleasure in 37 Ship frame
39 “__ one is better?” 42 Great Pyramid site 43 Physicist Newton 45 Surrey slammer 47 Butterfly catcher 48 *Salon job often shortened to its first four letters 52 RVer’s stopover 53 Interstate hauler 54 Glam or punk, to rock 59 Cinderella’s sweepings
63 Horror film assistant 64 Earthquake echo, or where the last words of the answers to starred clues might go 67 Sunscreen additive 68 Stale-smelling 69 Grape soda brand 70 “Well, I’ll be darned!” 71 “Family Ties” mother 72 Asian wheat noodle
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1 Total disorder 2 Word with enemy or rival 3 Grow weary 4 Shaman, for one 5 Dallas NBAer 6 Important period 7 Woody’s singing son 8 Shutter with slanted slats 9 Sugary goodies 10 Places to sleep 11 Flute’s orchestral neighbor 12 Lounge (around) 13 Hair salon colors 18 Flannel shirt pattern 22 Knocks loudly 24 Winter forecast
25 Mark permanently 27 Kind of ice cap 28 Endorse digitally 29 Cleaner’s cloth 30 Like sheep 31 Move like molasses 32 Greek campus group
33 Short golf shot 34 Firecrackerlighting cord 38 Perp’s escape 40 Webber musical based on Eliot poems 41 Sewing machine inventor Elias 44 Wedding reception centerpiece 46 Buddhist teachers 49 Generic 50 Probably more than you wanted to hear 51 Hindu deity 54 Thailand, once 55 Like eyesores 56 Explosive sound 57 Western writer Zane __ 58 Crafter’s website 60 Worked the soil 61 Cavern phenomenon 62 Largest human organ
65 Sci-fi series extras 66 Whiskey grain