DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Actress Gilbert of “The Big Bang Theory” 5 “Lucky Jim” author

9 “Be silent,” in scores 14 Stagecraft aid 15 Email category 16 House

17 App opener 18 Director Preminger 19 66-Across, e.g. 20 Competition among insects? 23 2000 NBA MVP 24 Part of ENT 25 Cartesian conclusion

28 Pit stuff

29 Rule by generations of insects? 34 City north of Memphis 35 “The Lord of the Rings” actor 36 Brand once pitched by Garfield, oddly 39 Fabric-dyeing technique 42 “Cómo __?” 43 Macy’s competitor 45 Minneapolis suburb

47 Tiny but impressive insect?

50 One on first? 53 “__ tu”: Verdi aria

54 Fairy queen of folklore 55 Bee-related 57 Deceptiveness of insects? 62 Gathered intelligence 64 Israeli carrier 65 Stagecraft

arrangements 66 Barclays Center,

for one 67 Barclays Center

team 68 Cherry or pear 69 Inclined to ramble 70 Stun, in a way 71 In __: aligned

DOWN

1 Peg in a cask 2 One of two tarot card groups 3 Small-space renter 4 Sleep disorder 5 Starting 6 “Breaking Bad” contraband 7 Enthusiastic about 8 Saved 9 Greek restaurant 10 Help badly? 11 Is made up 12 Vanderbilt domain 13 Where many a drive begins 21 Memorable first name in Olympic gymnastics 22 Vote against 26 Arguing 27 Mimic on a perch 30 Pen part

31 Coach Parseghian 32 Tribal symbol 33 Whaling, say 34 Ireland’s largest

county

36 Tennis legend 37 Lascivious look 38 Binky 40 Uganda’s Amin 41 Modeling enthusiast’s purchase 44 Eventually 46 Picked-up 48 Runway safety org. 49 Away

50 Vintage locale 51 Hurry

52 “Hold on” 56 Ones that have infested four puzzle answers 58 Advance

59 Court bargaining

chip

60 “Darn!” 61 Otherwise 62 Adage

63 Ace