Quick Crossword
Across
1 Sneaker feature
5 Balance scale container
8 Plays the role of
14 Milky white gem
15 Focus of modern-day surfing 16 Most achy
17 *Spends time in the gym 19 Shrimp entrée
20 Prime meridian std.
21 Make into law
23 Quaking tree
24 One of the Coen brothers 26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers
28 Big-time celeb
31 P-like Greek letter
32 ACLU issues
33 Smell really bad
34 Crosses (out)
36 Antiquated
38 James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue
42 “__ on my watch!”
43 Chaney of horror films 44 Where some surfers shop 47 Nonprofit URL ending
50 __ Lingus
52 Ophthalmologist’s field 54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom
57 Calf-length skirts
58 Like the sea when waves are crashing
59 NFL Dolphins’ home 62 Bloodshot
63 Broadway’s Ethel
65 *When employment ends, formally
67 Cheese in some bagels 68 Freight weight
69 Old Spice competitor 70 Balanced conditions 71 Aardvark’s morsel
72 Common flag symbol
Down
1 Transmission choice for steep ascents
2 Biblical disciple
3 One driving the wrong way? 4 Lodge member
5 Menial laborer
6 Océano filler 7 V-shaped slit
8 Pack animal
9 Pepsi rival
10 Vandalize
11 Start of the Marines’ motto 12 Appearance
13 Smells really bad
18 Dispatched
22 Driveway material
25 Welcome to one’s home
27 Like rosebushes
29 New Hampshire prep school town
30 Actor Stephen
35 NBC weekend show
37 Cinque times due
39 Blowup on the highway 40 Buck’s partner
41 Annual hoops player selection event
45 Short operatic solo 46 “Whatever you say, honey” 47 Trumps’ White House predecessors
48 Least cooked
49 Vocalist Estefan (C) 2021 Tribune Media Services 51 CD follower
53 Radiate
55 Asian priests
56 Michelangelo masterwork 60 Neural transmitter
61 Like new
64 Turndowns
66 Courtroom figs.