DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jay-Z output 6 Reach great heights 10 Attempt 14 White house? 15 Fair

16 Bear in the heavens 17 Carnivores 19 Invite abbr. 20 Job application fig.

21 Hang around 22 “National Velvet” sister 24 Appliance needed for a hot bath 26 Got the ball rolling? 30 Smooth-talking 31 “60 Minutes” regular 32 Improvised jazz part 34 Element Prometheus stole from Olympus 38 Latvia and Lithuania, once 41 Harbinger of spring 42 “Beetle Bailey” dog 43 1990s-2000s skating champ Slutskaya 44 Davenport’s place

46 1974 hit with Spanish lyrics 47 2015 NFL controversy involving air pressure 52 Italy’s __ Coast 53 Like arf and

meow 54 Hallucinogenic

letters 57 “Pleeease?”

58 It consists of a couple of couples ... and, when divided differently, a hint to something hidden in 17-, 24-, 38- and 47-Across 61 Writer Shere 62 Avant-garde 63 Font flourish 64 “Regrettably ...” 65 Grasps

66 Like horror films

DOWN

1 What “nothin’ but net” shots don’t touch 2 Periods

3 Not leave things to chance 4 Foldable bed 5 Succeeds 6 Tuned to 7 Daisy variety 8 Car ad abbr. 9 Botanical source of vitamin C 10 Commuter’s cost 11 “Have a taste” 12 In harmony 13 Kiddie lit elephant 18 Somewhat

23 __ Taco 25 Lover of Shakespeare? 26 Sibilant “Yo!” 27 Its motto is “Industry” 28 “Cheerio!” 29 Jittery condition 32 Curriculum __: résumé 33 Brief writer, briefly 35 Words before and after “what” 36 Dollars for quarters 37 Biblical twin 39 Good times for beachcombing 40 Indefatigable 45 Lummox

46 Lat. shortener 47 Russian country house

48 Online message 49 Crush rival 50 Overcharge but

good

51 Chain known for roast beef 54 Actress __ Flynn Boyle

55 Show signs of life

56 Stand up to 59 Laudatory poem 60 Usual Hanukkah mo.

By Bruce Haight