Crossword

ACROSS

1 Half-__: coffee with a little less kick 4 Chocolatemaking bean 9 Polynesian people

14 Darth, as a youth 15 Suspect’s excuse 16 Muslim religion 17 Single-digit temps, for most

19 Exams for would-be attys.

20 Try to

whack

21 Jazz great

Blake 23 Cabinet dept. concerned with nukes 24 1984 Prince

hit

29 Picket line

participant 31 Fierce public

protest

32 Jot down 35 Napkin’s place 36 Body of water between Connecticut and southeastern New York 42 Skater Midori 43 Muscle injury 44 Small river 48 Tribulations 52 At close range 55 Bushels 56 Ponzi scheme,

e.g. 57 Ann __,

Michigan 58 California/ Nevada resort lake 61 Grandmaster’s last word ... and what the last word in 17-, 24-, 36and 52-Across can be 64 Milky

gemstones 65 Breed that’s Welsh for “dwarf dog” 66 Fresh 67 George of

“Cheers” 68 Trap during a winter storm, say

69 Dozens of

mos.

DOWN

1 Secret supplies

2 Bless using oil 3 Color-altering camera lens accessory 4 Actors in a show 5 European mountain 6 Paris corp. 7 More adept 8 Prepare to shine in a bodybuilding contest? 9 Cultural

setting 10 State with conviction 11 Suffix with pay 12 Templeton in “Charlotte’s Web,” e.g. 13 Cyberchats, briefly 18 Adventurous 22 Rain-__ bubble

gum 24 Animals at

home 25 Eurasian border mountains 26 Rights

advocacy org. 27 “Reading Lolita in Tehran” setting

28 Big Apple law

gp. 30 Japanese carp 33 Skin pic 34 Noted 2001

bankruptcy 36 Talk like Daffy 37 Director

Preminger 38 More formal

“Me neither!” 39 Lacking light 40 Bully in the “Toy Story” films

41 Like challenging push-ups 45 Surround 46 Taking a break 47 Management

deg. 49 Capital on the

Hudson 50 Thief during a

riot 51 Scatters, as

seeds

53 Soap star

Susan

54 For a specific purpose, as a committee 57 Comparable

(to)

58 Aid for a

disabled auto 59 Big lug

60 Solo of “Star

Wars” 62 Before, in

verse 63 Cinematic FX

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