Crossword

ACROSS

1 Moment of remorse 5 Portrayer of a big scaredy-cat 9 One thing on top of another 14 Saucony rival 15 Resort town near Santa Barbara 16 Buffalo hockey player 17 *They’re for the dogs 19 French clerics 20 Make rough 22 __ tick: disease

carrier 23 Open, as

toothpaste 26 By any means 28 It may be

proper 29 Start to

mature? 32 Poll gathering 33 Lancelot and

Mix-a-Lot 34 “La Cage __

Folles” 35 Bleak 38 Linguistic

suffix 39 *Enter on the

sly

41 Word before

and after “oh” 42 Freshwater

minnow 44 Chaps 45 2002-’03 viral outbreak, briefly 46 Together, so

to speak 47 Droop 48 Plasm prefix 49 Followers of

shots

52 Taj __

53 Put the

brakes on 54 Phantom 58 “Mental Illness” Grammy winner

Mann

60 Jiffy Lube service, and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues 64 Engagement ring centerpiece 65 Lackluster 66 Like some U.S.

mail 67 Belarus

capital 68 Start of a decisionmaking rhyme 69 Actor Miller of “Justice League”

DOWN

1 Bud

2 Park in NYC,

e.g. 3 Long of “NCIS: Los Angeles” 4 Garage containers 5 “Copacabana” showgirl 6 Open a bit 7 Verbal hesitations 8 Reacts to yeast

9 ID issuer 10 Laptop alternatives 11 *Two-time women’s soccer Olympic gold medalist 12 Espresso foam

13 “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” novelist 18 Short trip 21 Dropping (off)

23 Indy racing family name

24 Din 25 *Gravlax 27 Key 29 They go for

the gold 30 Feel remorse

for

31 Finals, say 36 Major

artery 37 Germ-killing

brand 39 Triangle ratio 40 Hawaii’s

Mauna __ 43 Buckles, as a seat belt 45 Yachting

event, e.g. 49 Great divide 50 Frenchspeaking Western Hemisphere country

51 Fine English china 52 “So-so” 55 Kerry locale 56 Extended

family 57 Frozen

dessert chain 59 “Yikes!” 61 Pince-__

glasses 62 Watchdog’s

warning 63 ORD posting

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