DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Feel compassion

(for) 5 Uncomfortable

spot

8 Focus on winning

a contest?

13 Arctic trout 14 Word with rock or

rain

16 “The Thunder

Dragon Kingdom” 17 Magazine article? 19 Pitching in 20 Egyptian leader

before Sadat 21 Hockey trophy

namesake

23 Go (for) 24 Magazine

employee?

28 Fail to hold it

together

30 Iris part 31 Japanese national

sport

32 Enter noisily 35 Swear

37 Magazine

revenue? 40 Submit

43 FBI director before

Comey

46 Atomic theory

pioneer

47 Blues and Jazz, e.g. 50 Days of

anticipation 52 Magazine ad? 56 “__ had enough!” 57 Supreme Court appointee between Stevens and Scalia 58 Firm up 60 Captures 61 Magazine

founders?

64 See to

65 Shaving mishap 66 Chip in? 67 Baker’s starter

component 68 Look at intently 69 Certain survivor’s

malady, for short

DOWN

1 Commercial imperative 2 Growing fad?

3 Pet with cheek pouches

4 “__ Tu”: 1974 hit 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo, once

6 __ the kicker: call a time-out moments before a field goal attempt

7 Facial spasm 8 Overseas county 9 Like Leeds Castle, architecturally 10 Contested 11 Coerced payments 12 Lang. of Belize 15 Passed out

16 Sight in the skies

above Gotham 18 Cheerleading asset 22 Blues-rocker Chris 25 Role for Ronny 26 Remain undecided 27 “I was being

sarcastic!” 29 Sources of juice 33 Fielder prefix 34 False purpose 36 __ Aviv

38 First year of the

next millennium 39 Get rid of

40 Robin Roberts’

network

41 Solar eclipse

phenomena 42 Certain MexicanAmerican

44 Clear

45 Goes back

48 WWII command 49 Protective

garment

51 Intuited 53 Prepared to speak

to a tot, maybe 54 Fail in the clutch 55 Chewie’s pal 59 Gather

60 Short

62 Treat on March 14 63 Not very

welcoming