CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Dinner with
donors
5 Mardi Gras wear
9 Britcom with Eddie and Patsy, for short
14 Minnesota representative Ilhan
15 Not pro
16 Gibbs of “The
Jeffersons”
17 Admonition to an Egyptian boy king?
19 Helps out illegally
20 Ending for “Black,” “Mixed,” and “Grown,” in sitcom names
21 Olfactory assault
23 “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle
24 Conical shelter
26 “Which of the two
will it be?”
28 Shepherd’s tool
29 Pothole filler made from fishand-chips sauce?
34 Was sure about
36 Chatter away
37 Amnesiac’s query
38 Secret language
39 “Becoming” memoirist Michelle
41 Uno, dos, __
42 Reversals
44 “Succession”
actor Brian
45 Hit the horn
46 Say farewell to a Dickens character?
48 Thus far
49 Aspire laptop
maker
50 Alternative to
Alpine, in skiing 53 Current options
56 Enjoyed, as a
lollipop
59 WNW’s opposite
60 Plumbing
issues
62 Is able to do high kicks in a chorus line?
64 TV spot seller
65 “Black Panther”
villain Killmonger
66 Pinochle-like card
game
67 Far from posh
68 Gels
69 Inquires
DOWN
1 “Duly noted”
2 Cause to chuckle
3 Sudsy
4 Class with easels
5 Like low-shine lipstick 6 Get the poker pot
going
7 Leave speechless
8 Vehicle that’s built after it’s bought
9 Doc’s org.
10 Brand-new
sibling, perhaps
11 On the house
12 Palo __, California
13 Big celebration
18 Didn’t waste
22 Hair removal
substance
25 Like energy bars,
in adspeak
27 “Go team!”
29 Bar bill
30 Mechanical
arithmetic aids
31 Card sets sold in
New Age shops
32 Prayer ending
33 Expose to danger 34 Single-serve
coffee pod
35 Words of denial
36 Mass
communication?
40 Floor-washing
tool
43 Actor Cage,
casually
47 Comparison
shopper’s data
48 Green Jedi with
his own grammar
50 Parts of
mandolins
51 “Wicked Game”
singer Chris
52 Euro fractions
53 Woeful word
54 Formally transfer
55 Truth or __
57 “Ask me if I __!”
58 Make mittens, say
61 Secret agent
63 Hush-hush org.