Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 1025

ACROSS

Wood strip

1

Circus animal

5

balancing a ball on its nose

Cook, as

9

vegetables Farmland

14

measure

___ Major (the

15

Big Dipper)

Issue to discuss

16

Former CNN

17

anchor with a true-crime series on the Investigation Discovery channel

Apple tablets

19

Shrimp dish

20

On the ocean

21

German article

23

Places where

24

kids can feed

goats and sheep College entrance

30

exams “Approximately

32

speaking”

Obsolescent TV

33

hookup

Annoying

34

Round trips?

37

Classic Nintendo

40

character named after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife

Like Mr. Spock’s

43

ears

Failed epically

44

Hoppy quaff, in

45

brief

Body part that a

46

Manx cat lacks Western lily

48

Warsaw currency

52

Neighbor of

57

Syria: Abbr.

___ (the

58

Jet) Walker, Basketball Hallof-Famer Long-haired,

59

pot-smoking 1960s stereotype

Eyelashes

61

So simple … like

64

17-, 24-, 40and 52-Across?

Ballpark purchase

67

in a bun

Study, study,

68

study

Tennis great

69

Arthur

Overhang

70

Eyelid affliction

71

Warty fly-catcher

72

DOWN

Unwanted gaps

1

Thorny tree

2

School skipper

3

Captain’s post

4

“The World of

5

___ Wong” Timeline

6

segment

Wood for a

7

baseball bat Hawaiian

8

porches

Larsson who

9

wrote the “Millennium” trilogy

November

10

birthstone Smog-monitoring

11

org.

Lend a hand

12

Ones making

13

introductions, in brief

TikTok, Instagram

18

or Google’s Find My Device

Kind of alarm

22

often activated in

the morning

Puff from a pipe

25

or cigarette

It’s hoisted on

26

a brig in high

winds

“Ars Amatoria”

27

poet

Twice tetra

28 Normandy battle Spice whose

42 55

name consists of Many takers of site in W.W. II

two consecutive

29

30-Across: Abbr. Backup singer

43 pronouns

Whirl or twirl for Gladys Knight

31

Bark like a lap

56

Sinus doc Montezuma’s dog

35 47

people

Grim Reaper’s Fuel from a bog

36 implement Only major Texas

49 60

city on Mountain

Big retailer of North-of-theborder

38 Time 61 outdoor gear sports org.

Performer in a

50

Three-ingredient 62

39 kimono Fury sandwiches, for short Did as directed Young fellow

51 63

Law officers, in Sweet cake Good name for a

40 53 65 slang topper museum curator? Iranian money Malted, e.g. “___ what?”

41 54 66

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