Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 “Pygmalion”
penner
5 Blizzard
10 Chops down 14 Albright or Falana 15 Winter drink 16 Stoltz or Clapton 17 “The Mammoth
Hunters” writer 18 Caper
19 Cato’s year 20 South African city 22 Collar
24 Zuider —
25 Rub it in
27 Moving around 30 Go courting 31 Phantom
35 Poet’s daybreak 36 Quiet and soothing 38 Work diligently 39 Genteel
41 Yummier
43 Sheep sound
44 Be cleverer 46 Disentangle 47 Burning desire 49 Chicago trains 50 Sheath or sack 51 Look a long time 53 Hankering
54 Lynx
57 Camera opening 62 Pod veggie
63 Brass instruments 65 Opera highlight 66 Cougar’s pad 67 Likeness 68 Composer
— Stravinsky 69 Colors
70 Parakeet homes 71 Rents
DOWN
1 Strike sharply 2 College credit 3 Nautical position 4 Dancing to a
Strauss opus 5 Spook
6 Literature Nobelist
— Morrison
7 Stop sign
8 King, in France 9 Port near
Hong Kong
10 Bear rug locale 11 Coastal flyer 12 Checkmates 13 Bagpipes player 21 Above, to poets 23 Throws a tantrum 26 Jackpot games 27 Tiny organism
(var.)
28 Clean energy 29 Stair part
30 Not as dry 32 Express a view 33 They run on
runners 34 Beginners
36 Large antelope 37 Careless
40 Main artery
42 Run away (2 wds.) 45 Rundown hotel 48 Levant and
Hammerstein 50 “The,” to Wolfgang 52 Storage place 53 Oui and da 54 Fearless 55 Passable
56 Soft cheese 58 Footnote item 59 Natural impulse 60 Civil disorder 61 Sense organs 64 Emma in
“The Avengers”
ACROSS
1 Used a stopwatch 6 PlayStations and such
11 Football sixpointers: Abbr. 14 Have a loan from 15 “Farewell, mon
ami”
16 Demings in the
House
17 State seal text 18 *“Cocoon” Oscar winner (unscramble letters 3 to 5) 20 *Noted Spanish
surrealist (3 to 5) 22 Haggard of
country
23 Dating profile
blurb
24 Space invaders,
briefly
25 “Here, I don’t
want this” 26 Prayer ending 28 Maker of many
arcade classics 31 Pave the ___ 32 Protected place
to moor
34 No, in Russian 36 Guy who has transformed ... or any of the starred answers, based on their indicated letters? 40 Resources that may contain copper
41 Strip (of)
44 A round of drinks may go on one
47 Lead-in to
“physics” 49 Blows away 50 2004 film set in
2035
53 Belt maker’s tool 55 Sound from a
merino 56 Validation 57 *“Jurassic Park”
star (2 to 4) 60 *Gomer Pyle portrayer
(3 to 5)
62 Say “I win, you
lose,” say
64 Park in NYC, e.g. 65 Overcharge by a
lot
66 All together 67 “Roses are
___ ...”
68 Trade shows 69 Carrying cargo
DOWN
1 Thumb of
folklore
2 WWII flag
raising site 3 Period of social change named for a hashtag 4 Jazz great James 5 Lorna ___
6 One taking
pleasure in pain 7 Skunk’s defense 8 Boy, in
Barcelona
9 “For” vote 10 Highest, on a
diploma
11 Squad that films
a show
12 Bushy bloomer 13 Raining hard? 19 Cartoon shriek 21 Biblical peak 23 Scrooge’s
exclamation
25 In a bind? 27 “Blindspot”
network
29 Deep anxiety 30 Dark or light
bread 33 Surprised cry 35 Texter’s “More than I care to know!” 37 Console modeled in a 2020 Lego set 38 “When They See Us” director DuVernay 39 Invigorating
force? 42 Maritime ship
ping channel 43 LGA baggage
screeners 44 Change collector
at a bar 45 Opposite of
depart
46 Grew rapidly 48 Any of 11
pharaohs
51 ___ Appetit
52 18 or 21, say 54 Permitted by
law
57 Miso bowlful 58 Jason’s vessel 59 Ingrid’s “Casa
blanca” role 61 Check recipient? 63 What half the letters in “twenty” spell