CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 *Tattoos

4 They churn out

dough

8 *Hypothetical object that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation

13 Sign of summer 14 Ecologically challenged Asian sea

15 Ovine output

16 *Nonverbal

communication 18 Deepest, as

feelings

19 Realm

20 Op-ed takes

22 *Snoop

23 Outdoor gear

giant

25 Game that may

involve bumpers 27 With 44-Across, classic 1956 film ... and why the answers to starred clues aren’t quite themselves?

33 Dose people?

35 Elite prep school 36 Dominica native 37 Abrades painfully 39 Flay’s flipper

41 Furious

42 “Better Call __” 43 Foxy

44 See 27-Across

48 Chihuahua chow 49 The SEC’s Tigers 50 *Bumper repair

site

54 First course in

German?

56 Thailand, once 60 Watch a neighbor’s pooch, say 62 *Star or nebula 64 Café

65 Ingrid, in

“Casablanca”

66 Tell’s apple

support

67 *Circadian rhythm 68 Face

69 *Coveted

journalism award

DOWN

1 Penne __ vodka 2 Caboose

3 Text alert, often 4 Nonpro sports org.

5 “Fallen woman,” in a Verdi title

6 Star followers

7 Take advantage of a day off, maybe

8 Bar 9 Ewe’s output

10 “__ Ben Adhem” 11 Mama with two

Papas

12 Pop’s Perry

15 Bearded bovine 17 Jake __, first Congressman to fly in space

21 Court

24 Hillary’s peak

26 Neighborhoods 27 “Don’t mess with

me”

28 Spread

29 Generous, as a

contract

30 Bind

31 Jack and Jill’s

Waterloo?

32 AuctionWeb,

since 1997

33 Little bit

34 French bread 38 Pen with oink, not

ink

39 Anatomical

pouch

40 Eye-rolling word 42 Cry after a holdup 45 Awful

46 Pressure prefix

47 Ploy

50 What a crossword is often constructed on

51 Mend

52 “Beetle Bailey”

hound

53 One 60-trillionth

of a min.

55 Brazilian hero

57 Clouseau’s rank:

Abbr.

58 Bug bite soother 59 Feathered mimic 61 Bug

63 Dye holder