PUBLIC EAVESDROPPING
“I’m just carbonating the gazpacho.”
Chef after loud noise is heard in a Fillmore Street restaurant kitchen in San Francisco, overheard by Christine Hirtzel
ACROSS
1 Slim advantage
5 Embraces
11 Intel seeker
14 Many a character on HBO’s “Euphoria” 15 Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” e.g. 16 Vientiane people 17 *Generous reward 19 __ al-Fitr: end-ofRamadan feast 20 Skater Midori
21 Author’s
representative
22 Northeast Corridor
express train
24 Gliding ballet step 26 Cut loose
27 *“I sussed that out
a while ago”
33 One-named “Body
Party” singer
36 Sicilian peak
37 Cut off
38 Chewy Hershey
candy
39 Like some serious
flaws
40 Christmas candle
scent
41 “__ cost you!”
42 Old Roman road 43 Put in a
bibliography
44 *Family dinner reservation request, perhaps 47 Designer Saarinen 48 Like Camembert 52 Back in style
54 Quickness
57 Romance
58 Dept. phone
number
59 Retreated on the same trail ... and what each answer to a starred clue has? 62 Grow older
63 Aerie newborn 64 Tennis icon Arthur 65 Former space
station
66 Renaissance fair
rides
67 “Watch __ space”
DOWN
1 Work __: moral belief
2 “Murder by __”: 1976 Neil Simon spoof film
3 Salami choice
4 Pierre’s “fin,” to Peter
5 Highest point in an orbit
6 Taj Mahal feature 7 Receptive 8 “What’s __ is prologue”: “The Tempest”
9 __TV: reality
channel
10 Namesake of a Venice basilica 11 “You can give me an answer tomorrow”
12 Sand transporter 13 Jedi Grand Master 18 Obama daughter 23 Plot
25 Park carriage, or
one pushing it
26 Agreement
28 “I like it”
29 Mammal at an
aquarium
30 Eat (up)
31 Bistro pour
32 Didn’t dillydally 33 Lit __ 34 Scintilla
35 Assurance after putting a BandAid on a boo-boo 39 Inventory tracking
method for a CPA 43 Like corned beef 45 Wears down
46 Large jazz combos 49 Knee-deep (in) 50 Sweet Japanese
rice cake
51 Farm fittings
52 Paper package
53 VFW member
54 Bigger than big
55 Qualified
56 Winter coaster
60 Breakfast grain
61 Club that may be
flipped with joy