DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Light-ly armed

fighter?

5 “Better Call

Saul” network 8 Takes by force 14 Nerve impulse

carrier

15 Bit of texting

mirth

16 ThinkPad maker 17 Liveliness 19 “Grumpy” film

guys

20 Really enjoyed,

with “up”

21 Got 100 on 22 Iberian river 23 Jefferson Airplane song with the words “Go ask Alice”

27 To the degree

that

30 “It’s __!”

31 Like the Piper 32 Wrapped up 33 Piece of land 36 “To boldly go,” e.g. 41 Boston winter hrs. 42 Words before a

start date 43 Swedish retail

giant

44 Color from the French for “mole” 46 Multiplex theater

count

49 Cat owner’s

purchase 51 Deeply

engrossed 52 Nest-building

flier 53 Wordsmith’s ref. 56 Verdict

challenge 59 Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across 61 Throwing money around, in slang

62 __ urchin 63 Central 64 Chinese bamboo

eaters 65 TV shopper’s option

66 Tom Stoppard creation

DOWN

1 Indonesian island 2 __ interview 3 Spoil, with “on” 4 Ship __ bottle 5 Keys of music 6 Church songs 7 Half a notorious crime duo

8 __-mo replay 9 Slender aquarium swimmer 10 Like many a college graduate 11 Resembling the walking dead 12 Tennis legend Chris

13 Prefix with gram 18 Cowardly Lion portrayer 23 Desert riverbed 24 Sitar master Shankar 25 Yemen’s main port 26 City on the Adriatic 27 Semicircular church area 28 Doesn’t guzzle 29 Sharpie, e.g. 32 On vacation 34 “Cupcake Wars” appliance 35 Drinks with scones 37 Opposite of slack 38 Game played with one’s “little eye” 39 Dramatist Coward 40 Level

45 Go to 46 Declares 47 Diagnostic pic 48 Loan default risk 49 Iota follower 50 “If only”

51 Rough file 53 Iridescent gem 54 “East of Eden” director Kazan 55 Say no to 57 MouthHealthy. org initials 58 Lille lily 60 Diamond authority