CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Give kudos to 5 Trudge through water 10 News piece 14 Marriott alternative 15 Cake instruction Alice followed 16 Empty-truck weight 17 *Bring dinner to diners, say 19 Gumbo pod 20 Villainous expressions 21 Jamaican export 22 Revolutionary Trotsky 23 To and __ 24 *Discover incriminating information 26 Not yet resolved 29 Yorkie, size-wise 30 Sans accomplices 31 Work on punches 34 Buffalo hockey pro 38 ID checker’s concern 39 *Band’s cheat sheet 41 Schlep 42 “Sorry to say ... ” 44 Apiary unit 45 Yao of hoops fame 46 Connections 48 Storefront covers 50 *Stiletto on a shoe 55 “Not only that ... ” 56 Put to work 57 “__ let you know” 58 Stream crosser 61 Word in a hot day simile 62 Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues 64 Speech quality 65 Olympic blades 66 Molecule component 67 Hearty bowlful 68 Tenant payments 69 Credit union seizure, briefly

DOWN

1 Fiscal disappointment 2 “Couldn’t agree more!” 3 Like crude oil 4 Not at all homogeneous 5 Black and Red 6 Run for it 7 “SNL” alum Cheri 8 Dragon in “The Hobbit” 10 9 __ chancellor of Germany “Listen time!” Kohl, reunified to first me next 11 “Star George Trek” actor 12 13 Fielder’s Should have fluff said 18 God of love 24 Pool diver’s concern 25 Fence support 26 “Sorry to say ... ” 27 Forum garment 28 Purpose 32 Oscar winner Mahershala 33 Adversary 35 Sight-unseen encounter 36 Ladder part 37 Incubator contents 39 Last word in the first song of the year 40 Suture, say 43 Showing no wear 45 Pay-for-whatyou-use hotel feature 47 React to cold 49 __ a one: zero 50 Annual pet checkup components 51 Turn on a shaft 52 Cara of “Fame” 53 Marry on the fly 54 DeGeneres who voices Dory 58 Gershwin heroine 59 Unsavory stuff 60 Saint with a fire 63 Tennis do-over