CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Statistical concerns
7 Daddy
11 Texting initials
14 “Won’t be long
now”
15 Wilson of “The
Internship”
16 Feel sick
17 *Pilot’s reputation among airport agents?
19 Food Network
host Garten
20 Long-billed bird
21 Hijab, for one
22 Sharp set
23 Longtime Farr
co-star
25 Abate
27 Some K9 canines
30 *Triage site’s gooey alternative to sutures?
34 Q.E.D. part
35 Mauna __
36 Some rugged
sandals
37 HS equivalency
test
38 Freebies at some crossword tournaments
41 __ text: accessibility feature
42 “Just Mercy” actor __ Jackson Jr.
44 Doc’s org.
45 Bali’s continent
46 *Practice for “The Voice” while in the shower?
49 Shepherds’
docs?
50 Cooler brand
51 Italian bubbly
53 Perseverance’s
home
55 Itinerary
57 Flags down
61 Having celebrated many birthdays 62 Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue?
64 __-1099: govt.issued tax form
65 Cause an emotional reaction
66 Good scents
67 First car, for
many?
68 Mountain goat
69 Heavenly figure
DOWN
1 Majors, in baseball slang
2 Supermodel whose signature fragrance is “Love Memoir”
3 __-lock brakes
4 Overlook 5 Perform beyond
expectations
6 Philharmonic
sect.
7 Put forward
8 For some time
9 Kitchen gadget
10 Plus
11 Asked nicely
12 Julep herb
13 Croat or Pole
18 Island where Excalibur was forged
22 Enormous
24 Proofer’s
mark
26 Tuts
27 Bricks that are painful to step on
28 Childish retort
29 Trouble with
locks?
31 Colorful parrot
32 Like new
matches 33 “¿Cómo __?”
38 Bucket
39 Clarifying
phrase
40 Cable row targets, for short
43 Med. readouts
45 Earhart, for one
47 “S’okay”
48 Start streaming
52 “Voilà!”
53 More than half
54 In addition
56 MC alternative
58 “__ Vep”: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film “Les Vampires”
59 Vault
60 Meeting,
informally
62 “Oof, didn’t need to know that”
63 Possesses