CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Concerning

6 Letters replacing a

list

9 Afternoon snooze 12 Nighttime party

14 Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps 17 County on the English Channel 18 Canyon namesake of dry California winds

19 Tree with elastic

wood

20 *Matches with

known outcomes 22 Hi-__ TV

23 What “X” may

mean

24 Music center?

25 Dennis the

Menace, for one 28 Beloved

30 Monk’s title

33 Cultural setting 36 Black and blue? 39 H or O, in H2O

41 Contrasting

ornaments

42 Roald Dahl title

heroine

43 Submitted, as a

manuscript

44 Kvetching sounds 45 Weakens

48 Give voice to

49 __ Lingus

51 Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr.

53 Quite a ways away 56 *Music group’s lead violinist, casually

61 Anger

62 Imagining

63 Photo taken

backwards? 65 Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

66 Thrills

67 General on a

menu

68 Fair-hiring letters 69 Flair

DOWN

1 Syrian leader 2 W.C. Fields persona

3 *Fast-food alternatives to burgers

4 RN workplaces 5 Sailing danger 6 Ancient mystic 7 Jazz trumpeter Jones 8 Meeting group

9 Biblical boater

10 Bee, to Opie

11 School orgs.

13 Leave

15 Name seen on one’s way to the penthouse?

16 License plates

21 Marked on a ballot

26 “La Bohème” role

27 Banana covering 29 Hunk’s pride

30 *Like half a chance 31 APR-reducing loan

32 Pt. of AAA

33 Office notice

34 “Now __ me down to sleep ... ” 35 Being severely

criticized

37 Numbered rds.

38 Novelist Jaffe

40 Diner check

46 Aussie parrot,

briefly

47 Mournful

49 33-Down demand,

perhaps

50 Luncheon end? 52 “... or __!”

54 Cartoon

mermaid

55 Actress

Witherspoon

56 Punch deliverer

57 March time

58 San __: Italian

resort

59 Recon target

60 Sniggler’s catch 64 Map line: Abbr.