CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Viking tales, say

6 Actress Rooney or

Kate

10 Empty talk

13 __ Lodge: motel

chain

14 Tiny particle

15 Dropped in the

mail

16 *Question to the

bartender

18 “The Simpsons”

bus driver

19 Rogen of “Steve

Jobs”

20 Kumquat peel

21 Demand from the

judge

22 Bean product? 24 Fragrant hybrid

bloom

26 Computer cord 29 Tight braid

31 Coral rings

33 Mango seed

34 Org. for the

Minnesota Lynx 37 Brooks of “High

Anxiety”

38 *Subject of a neighborhood flier

41 Chum

42 Salon foot

treatment, briefly 44 It’s burned during

workouts

45 New version of an

old movie

47 Orange Crush, e.g. 50 Hotel postings

51 Belgian seaport known for its diamond shops 53 “Dream on!”

55 Countrified

56 Colossal

58 Spring flower

62 Golfer’s chipping

club 63 Last detail that makes things perfect ... and what each answer to a starred clue has?

65 Questions

66 Home of

leprechauns

67 __ Lauder

68 Big name in jeans 69 Dampens

70 Snooped

(around)

DOWN

1 Works with thread 2 Ibuprofen target

3 Nanny or billy

4 Mound built by insects

5 Mariner’s “Help!” 6 Superfan to the max 7 Address label

abbr.

8 Traveling for away

games

9 Band booster

10 *Master perfectly 11 Poker

prepayments

12 Strip mall unit

15 One cause of tears

17 It’s mined and refined

21 Blade making

waves

23 Lenovo

competitor

25 Cross the

threshold

26 Sleep in the

woods, maybe

27 Suit to __

28 *Daring action

30 Decide one will 32 Up to now

35 Cook in the oven 36 Nanobrewery

beverages

39 Blue birthstone 40 Polo of “The

Fosters”

43 Dubuque natives 46 Underworld

family member 48 California’s

Marina __ Rey

49 Some polytheists 51 Easy-to-read font 52 Sip slowly

54 Pinch from le

chef

57 Knot or pound 59 Road grooves

60 Slushy drink

brand

61 Backyard shelter 63 Not a lot

64 Hamilton’s bill