CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 First lady Biden
5 Homeopathic treatment for bruises
11 “Say that’s true ...
“
15 On a cruise
16 Couple
17 “Mon __!”
18 *Easy order for a
bartender
20 Rare blood type,
briefly
21 B’way passes
22 Blasting material
23 “Oh, brother!”
24 “It __ meant to be”
27 *The place to be,
informally
29 “Invisible Man”
novelist
31 Galoot
32 Bygone airline
33 Online journal
34 __ Eats
37 “Happy now?”
39 Rhetorical strategy of countering an accusation with another accusation, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues
43 Up to, in ads
44 U2 lead singer
45 Mall event
48 Overly
51 Tattle (on)
53 Early stage
55 *Toast choice
59 Paul of
“Bewitched”
60 Some map dots
61 College domain
62 Playpen party
63 Lee with a posthumous cameo in “Avengers: Endgame” 64 *”Is it almost time
for dinner?”
69 Tattled (on)
70 In demand
71 Fragrant herb
72 Mani-pedi spots
73 “What a shame”
74 Fig or olive
DOWN 1
Moose __, Saskatchewan
2 “Give or take”
3 Floral wreath
4 Yesterday evening
5 Climber’s goal
6 Blu-__ Disc
7 Closer’s inning
8 Adler called “the woman” by Sherlock Holmes
9 Dos y dos
10 Suitable 11 “__ on it”: “You
can be sure”
12 Best
13 Experience schoolyard highs and lows?
14 Should,
informally
19 Hobby shop
buys
23 Liu who plays
the title role in 2020’s “Mulan”
24 Organic flytrap
25 More than
most
26 Boring
27 Sparks org.
28 Singer Sheena
30 Ban
35 Tidal movement
36 Joey of kiddie lit
38 Final thoughts?
40 Buenos __
41 Hand or foot 42 “Mental Illness” Grammy winner Aimee
46 HDTV choice
47 __ shadow
48 Unexpected
endings
49 “I’m blushing!”
50 “Fancy!”
52 Southern California chain known for pastrami
54 Tidal movement
56 Lets use for now
57 Ideal places
58 Some matriarchs
62 “Meet the Press”
moderator Chuck
64 1910s conflict, for
short
65 Narc’s org.
66 Unit of corn
67 Get on in years
68 Simple shirt