DAILY CROSSWORD

2/24/23

ACROSS

1 Statistical concerns

7 Daddy

11 Texting initials

14 “Won’t be long now”

15 Wilson of “The

Internship”

16 Feel sick

17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents?

19 Food Network host Garten

20 Long-billed bird 21 Hijab, for one 22 Sharp set

23 Longtime Farr costar

25 Abate

27 Some K9 canines

30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures?

34 Q.E.D. part

35 Mauna __

36 Some rugged sandals

37 HS equivalency test

38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments

41 __ text: accessibility feature

42 “Just Mercy” actor __ Jackson Jr.

44 Doc’s org.

45 Bali’s continent

46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower?

49 Shepherds’ docs?

50 Cooler brand

51 Italian bubbly

53 Perseverance’s home

55 Itinerary

57 Flags down

61 Having celebrated many birthdays

62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue?

64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form

65 Cause an emotional reaction

66 Good scents

67 First car, for many?

68 Mountain goat

69 Heavenly figure

DOWN

1 Majors, in baseball slang

2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir”

3 __-lock brakes

4 Overlook

5 Perform beyond expectations

6 Philharmonic sect.

7 Put forward

8 For some time

9 Kitchen gadget

10 Plus

11 Asked nicely

12 Julep herb

13 Croat or Pole

18 Island where Excalibur was forged

22 Enormous

24 Proofer’s mark

26 Tuts

27 Bricks that are painful to step on

28 Childish retort

29 Trouble with locks?

31 Colorful parrot

32 Like new matches

33 “¿Cómo __?”

38 Bucket

39 Clarifying phrase

40 Cable row targets, for short

43 Med. readouts

45 Earhart, for one

47 “S’okay”

48 Start streaming

52 “Voilà!”

53 More than half

54 In addition

56 MC alternative

58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires”

59 Vault

60 Meeting, informally

62 “Oof, didn’t need to know that”

63 Possesses