DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sound check

item

4 Went down 8 Euripides

tragedy

13 __ cross

14 Skewer relative 16 Hipbone-related 17 Woofer’s output? 18Evenlessgivento

emotion 19 Quantum of

solace?

20 Leave in disarray,

probably

22 Copier room

quantity 24 “Taking that as a

given ...” 25 Comfortable

(with) 27 Indisposed 29 Dawn goddess 30 Bread component 31 Toy used on

flights

34 Rural road track 35 Disney character who sings, “The cold never bothered me anyway” 36 Go Fish request 37 Turns red, maybe 39 ’90s-’00s sci-fi hit ... or what this puzzle’s circles graphically depict 42 2006 demotion 45 Heracles’ beloved 46 Very little 50 Agent

51 1962 “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” singer 53 Fla. resort 54 Natural resource 55 Physics unit 56 Shut off completely, as lights 58 Trident-shaped

letters

60 Order to Spot 63 Sugar source 64 Civilian garb 66 Pair in the score for Beethoven’s Fifth

68 Dandy 69 Partner of ciencias 70 Forward attitude 71 Pizzeria chain 72 Stick dwellings 73 Holden Caulfield, for one

74 Court call

DOWN

1 Visiting Pimlico 2 __ counseling 3 Blowfish 4 Furtive sorts 5 Golf chip path 6 “TheBigSleep”

genre

7 Walk-in joint? 8 Inaccurate

introduction? 9 Wells race 10 Suggests an

alternative 11 Enjoys a buffet,

usually 12 Engages with

boldness 15 Farm structure 21 Company that survived Canada’s Prohibition 23 Jan. honoree 26 Tequila sunrise

direction

28 Old plucked

strings 32 Minuteman

Statue city 33 About to receive 38 Not to be wasted 40 Diamond plate 41 Garlic relative 42 Stage employee 43 Down time 44 Makes joyous 47 Joyless

48 Paint thinner

solvent

49 Dicey situation 52 Hosp. areas

57 “An Enemy of the People” playwright 59 Editor’s

afterthought 61 Act as

lookout, say 62 Time long past 65 Orbiting research

facility: abbr. 67 “Fairest of creation,” in a Milton classic

By Jeffrey Wechsler