Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Curved lines 5 Helen, in Spanish 10 Triangle part 14 Pride member 15 Undressed ones 16 Boards
17 Yodeler’s answer 18 Ring up sales 19 Two fives for — — 20 Eager eater
(2 wds.)
22 Tibet’s capital 23 — diem
24 Sundial numeral 25 Globes
29 Windmill site 33 Pen name
34 Break ground 36 Inventor’s spark 37 New Year mo. 38 Saddle extra 39 Sully
40 Verdi opus
42 Try to influence 43 Apartment
45 Joint
47 Simple sheds
(hyph.)
49 Fair grade
50 Seine moorage 51 Gosh!
54 Persuades with facile arguments (hyph.)
60 Pavarotti piece 61 Fergie’s first name 62 Walk unsteadily 63 Long-distance
hauler
64 Hold the floor 65 Spare, maybe 66 Limerick
67 Brown
pigment
68 Like some cider
DOWN
1 Obi-Wan player 2 Wealthy
3 Salmon variety 4 Tender veggie
(2 wds.)
5 Concert hall cry 6 Comic-strip
moppet 7 Shangri-la
8 Brainy one 9 Inquire
10 African language 11 Scintilla
12 Female rabbits 13 Best or Ferber 21 Milady’s
22 Like Capp’s Abner 24 Radar’s home 25 White’s co-host 26 Unadorned 27 Shiva devotee 28 Tower topper 29 Traveler’s stop 30 Own up to 31 “Cool!”
32 Is adventurous 35 Fail to keep up 38 Code of procedure 41 Praise
43 Road crew’s supply 44 Dig up 46 Custodian’s need 48 One or the other 51 Huff and puff 52 Layered cookie 53 Margarita
ingredient
54 Grow wheat 55 Mideast native 56 Cloy
57 Han Solo’s love 58 “The King and I”
actress
59 Yukon hauler
61 Not worth a —
ACROSS
1 Decelerates
6 Hockey shot sound
10 Trendy green
14 Oscar winner Marisa
15 Hang loose
16 SpaceX CEO Musk
17 Virtual greeting, perhaps
18 With intent
20 *Hearty breakfast option
22 Training ___
23 ___ kwon do
24 *Economic system with few restrictions
32 “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” actor Chris 33 Violent son of Zeus
34 TV adjunct, once
35 High pickleball shots
36 Old hat
38 One lacking manners
39 Org. concerned with gum health
40 ___-A-Whirl 41 Tall tales
42 *Disagree
46 Story progression shape
47 Good to go
48 What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer
56 Like a show you could watch for hours
57 Any ’60s song, in 2020
58 Arctic Ocean hazard
59 Food item in a basket
60 Cozy breakfast spots
61 Ward (off)
62 LPGA players’ pegs
63 Young bird in a barn
DOWN
1 Editor’s “Let it stand”
2 Nessie’s supposed home
3 Ilhan who played “Among Us” with AOC
4 “You ___ right”
5 Secondary wager
6 “I’m Lovin’ It,” for example
7 Like a 15-letter word
8 Boxer’s bowlful, maybe
9 Source of a juicy summer fruit
10 Scientist known for his laws of planetary motion 11 Sunburn soother
12 Got checkmated
13 St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir.
19 Brings in, as crops
21 Before, poetically
24 Bilbo’s cousin
25 Capital city nearest to Casablanca
26 Beings who may call us earthlings: Abbr.
27 Mouthwatering
28 Ambulance destinations, for short
29 Ebony partner in song
30 Tea biscuit 31 Makes a mistake
32 Word after “layaway” or “lesson”
36 Round figure?
37 Bass Pale ___
38 Sweetheart
40 Short, but probably not sweet
41 Bed-ins for Peace activist
43 Showed age, like a sofa
44 Art show boosters?
45 Tater ___
48 Digestion aid
49 Aware of
50 Tuning instrument in an orchestra
51 French fashion magazine
52 House designer’s concern
53 Fan mail recipient 54 Twitter reaction
55 “___ we forget”
56 Texter’s good bud