CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Goal of much medical research

5 Like a baby with pudding, probably

10 Floor model,

e.g.

14 “That’ll be the

day!”

15 Jazz great Earl

“__” Hines

16 Woeful word

17 *Consider

carefully

19 Home in the

sticks

20 Fluster

21 *Transformative beauty treatment

23 Fancy

timepieces

26 Luthor of DC

Comics

27 Stand-up

comedian Shaffir

28 Undivided

29 Removes soap

from

31 Tic-__-toe

32 Maytag sister

brand

34 Tusks, e.g.

36 Plan of action, as “initially” found in the answers to the starred clues?

40 Writer Sir Arthur

__ Doyle

41 Still-life pitchers

42 GOP gp.

43 Bearded spring

blooms

46 Many an email

attachment

49 Earlier

50 Intentionally

mislead

51 “Don’t let that woman get away!”

54 *Talk back (to)

57 Garlicky

mayonnaise 58 Angry

59 *Divvy up

62 Rae of

“Insecure”

63 Industry honcho

64 Surrender, as

territory

65 __-do-well

66 “You __ sweet!”

67 Potato buds

DOWN

1 Chevrolet that will be discontinued in 2024

2 Applied to

3 Brain-breaking

question

4 Paperless option

for taxpayers

5 Curator’s deg.

6 Take in

7 Women in __: educational advocacy org. 8 Sandbars

9 Big Apple MLB

player

10 Paul of “The

Batman”

11 Like some beachside homes

12 GranTurismo

automaker

13 Bird with a

powerful kick

18 __-Mex cuisine

22 Celeb who’s no longer in the limelight

24 Important ages

25 Chinese: Pref.

30 Kitten-lifting

spots

32 Oral health org.

33 German city that hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics

35 Napkin corners? 36 Ferretlike

carnivore

37 Proceeding as

planned

38 Lambs’ moms

39 Take a break

40 Adds to an already full suitcase, say

44 Saucer-shaped

vacuum

45 With trepidation

46 “Nuts!”

47 Intentionally

mislead

48 Steak __: bistro

dish

52 Rowboat blade

53 Component

55 Run like heck

56 Cab charge

60 Letters sent in

emergencies

61 Game with

colorful cards